VIETNAMESE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Vietnamese mean? 

• VIETNAMESE (noun)
  The noun VIETNAMESE has 2 senses:

1. a native or inhabitant of Vietnam

2. the Mon-Khmer language spoken in Vietnam

  Familiarity information: VIETNAMESE used as a noun is rare.

• VIETNAMESE (adjective)
  The adjective VIETNAMESE has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Vietnam or its people or its language

  Familiarity information: VIETNAMESE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VIETNAMESE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Vietnam

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Annamese; Vietnamese

Hypernyms ("Vietnamese" is a kind of...):

Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)

Holonyms ("Vietnamese" is a member of...):

Annam; Socialist Republic of Vietnam; Viet Nam; Vietnam (a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945)

Derivation:

Vietnamese (of or relating to or characteristic of Vietnam or its people or its language)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The Mon-Khmer language spoken in Vietnam

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Annamese; Annamite; Vietnamese

Hypernyms ("Vietnamese" is a kind of...):

Mon-Khmer (a branch of the Austro-Asiatic languages)

• VIETNAMESE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Vietnam or its people or its language

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Vietnamese boat people

Pertainym:

Vietnam (a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945)

Vietnamese (the Mon-Khmer language spoken in Vietnam)

Vietnamese (a native or inhabitant of Vietnam)

Derivation:

Vietnamese (a native or inhabitant of Vietnam)