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Vietnamese
noun Viet·nam·ese \vē-ˌet-nə-ˈmēz, ˌvyet-, ˌvē-ət-, ˌvēt-, -na-, -nä-, -ˈmēs\
plural Vietnamese
Definition of VIETNAMESE
1
: a native or inhabitant of Vietnam
2
: the language of the largest group in Vietnam and the official language of the country
— Vietnamese adjective
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First Known Use of VIETNAMESE
1947
Rhymes with VIETNAMESE
Abdülaziz, Albigenses, Aragonese, archdiocese, Averroës, Barcelonese, bona fides, bureaucratese, cheval-de-frise, computerese, Diogenes, Dodecanese, Dutch elm disease, Egas Moniz, Eumenides, Euripides, Florida Keys, governmentese, Great Pyrenees, Hesperides, Hippocrates, Hippomenes, Indo-Chinese, kissing disease, mad cow disease, Marie-Louise, officialese, Pentagonese, Philoctetes, Sammarinese, social disease, suicide squeeze, superficies, telegraphese, Themistocles, Thucydides
VIETNAMESE Defined for Kids
1Vietnamese
noun Viet·nam·ese \vē-ˌet-nə-ˈmēz, ˌvē-ət-\
Definition of VIETNAMESE for Kids
1
: a person born or living in Vietnam
2
: the language of the Vietnamese
2Vietnamese
adjective
Definition of VIETNAMESE for Kids
: of or relating to Vietnam, the Vietnamese people, or their language
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