Vietnamese

• Viet-Namese (obsolete)

From Vietnam +‎ -ese.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌviː.ət.nəˈmiːz/, /viˌɛt.nəˈmiːz/

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• Rhymes: -iːz

Vietnamese (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Vietnam.

• Vietnamese balm
• Vietnamese cassia
• Vietnamese cilantro
• Vietnamese cinnamon
• Vietnamese coriander
• Vietnamese mint
• Vietnamese sandwich
• Vietnamese time bomb
• Vietnamese tuberculosis
• Vietnameseness

Vietnamese (countable and uncountable, plural Vietnamese)

1. (countable) An inhabitant of Vietnam, person of Vietnamese descent.
2. (uncountable) Vietnamese cuisine; traditional Vietnamese food.

As with other nationalities formed with -ese, the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am a Vietnamese", "writing about Vietnamese cuisine as a Vietnamese") is uncommon and often taken as incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Vietnamese") or with a word like person, man, or woman ("writing about Vietnamese cuisine as a Vietnamese person").

Vietnamese

1. The Austroasiatic language spoken predominantly in Vietnam.
   • Synonyms: Annamese, Annamite

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Vietnamese terms
• Appendix:Vietnamese Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Vietnamese

• ISO 639-1 code vi, ISO 639-3 code vie (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Vietnamese, vie ⁠

Vietnam +‎ -ese

• IPA^(key): /ˌvi̯ɛtnaˈmeːzə/, [ˌvjɛt-], [viˌɛt-], [ʋ-]
• IPA^(key): /ˌviːrtnaˈmeːzə/, [ˌvi(ː)ɐ̯t-] (colloquial variant)

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Vietnamese m (weak, genitive Vietnamesen, plural Vietnamesen)

1. a Vietnamese person (male or unspecified sex)
2. (informal) a Vietnamese restaurant

• Vietnamesin

• “Vietnamese” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache