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Meaning of "Vietnamese" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF VIETNAMESE

Vietnamese  [ˌvjɛtnəˈmiːz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VIETNAMESE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Vietnamese can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES VIETNAMESE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Vietnamese

Vietnamese may refer to: ▪ Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. ▪ Something of, from, or related to the former country of North Vietnam ▪ Something of, from, or related to the former country of South Vietnam ▪ Vietnamese people, persons from Vietnam or of Vietnamese descent ▪ Overseas Vietnamese, Vietnamese people living outside Vietnam in a diaspora ▪ Vietnamese language ▪ Vietnamese alphabet ▪ Vietnamese cuisine ▪ Vietnamese culture...

Definition of Vietnamese in the English dictionary

The first definition of Vietnamese in the dictionary is of, relating to, or characteristic of Vietnam, its people, or their language. Other definition of Vietnamese is -ese. a native or inhabitant of Vietnam. Vietnamese is also the language of Vietnam, probably related to the Mon-Khmer languages.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VIETNAMESE


Annamese
ˌænəˈmiːz
Assamese
ˌæsəˈmiːz
Burmese
bɜːˈmiːz
camise
kəˈmiːz
chemise
ʃəˈmiːz
fomes
ˈfəʊmiːz
Hermes
ˈhɜːmiːz
kameez
kəˈmiːz
limes
ˈlaɪmiːz
mease
miːz
mise
miːz
Siamese
ˌsaɪəˈmiːz
Sikkimese
ˌsɪkɪˈmiːz
Surinamese
ˌsʊərɪnæˈmiːz
tamise
tæˈmiːz
vermes
ˈvɜːmiːz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VIETNAMESE

Vienna
Vienna International
Vienna roll
Vienna Union
Vienne
Viennese
Vientiane
vier
vies
Viet Minh
Vietcong
Vietminh
Vietnam
Vietnamisation
Vietnamization
vieux jeu
view
view halloo
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WORDS THAT END LIKE VIETNAMESE

cheese
cream cheese
diocese
Guyanese
imprese
Japanese
Lebanese
Maltese
mese
Nepalese
North Vietnamese
obese
paramese
Portuguese
prese
South Vietnamese
Sudanese
Taiwanese
these
Varese

Synonyms and antonyms of Vietnamese in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Vietnamese» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VIETNAMESE

Find out the translation of Vietnamese to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Vietnamese from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Vietnamese» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

越南的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vietnamita
570 millions of speakers

English

Vietnamese
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वियतनामी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فِيَتْناميّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вьетнамский
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vietnamita
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভিয়েতনামী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vietnamien
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Vietnam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vietnamesisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ベトナムの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

베트남의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Vietnam
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Vietnamese
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வியட்நாமிஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्हिएतनामी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Vietnam
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vietnamita
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wietnamski
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

в´єтнамський
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vietnamez
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βιετναμεζικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Viëtnamese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vietnamesisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vietnamesisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Vietnamese

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VIETNAMESE»

The term «Vietnamese» is very widely used and occupies the 5.962 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «Vietnamese» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of Vietnamese
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «Vietnamese».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VIETNAMESE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Vietnamese» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Vietnamese» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Vietnamese

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10 QUOTES WITH «VIETNAMESE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Vietnamese.
1
Stephen Ambrose
Johnson had been the most powerful man in the world, yet the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong had resisted, overcome his power, broken his will.
2
Anthony Bourdain
The Italians and Spanish, the Chinese and Vietnamese see food as part of a larger, more essential and pleasurable part of daily life. Not as an experience to be collected or bragged about - or as a ritual like filling up a car - but as something else that gives pleasure, like sex or music, or a good nap in the afternoon.
3
Wilfred Burchett
Vietnamese must be made to feel that they are racial inferiors with no right to national identity.
4
Wilfred Burchett
And just as there was something of every Vietnamese in Ho Chi Minh so there is something of Ho Chi Minh in almost every present-day Vietnamese, so strong is his imprint on the Vietnamese nation.
5
Wilfred Burchett
Ho joined the French socialist party, the first Vietnamese to be a member of a French political party.
6
Ryan Coogler
I grew up with white friends, Asian friends - Vietnamese, Chinese, Pacific Islanders. I had Hispanic friends, not just Mexican friends, but Guatemalan friends, Honduran friends, and we knew the difference, you know?
7
Robert Cray
I cook Italian, Thai and Vietnamese, I've always liked to cook.
8
Mylene Dinh-Robic
I've always loved writing, and my heritage has been interesting, growing up in a bi-cultural family. My mother being Vietnamese and my father being French, it's like an East-West meeting in my house.
9
James Donald
The crimes committed by the North Vietnamese regime against the Vietnamese people were minor compared to the crimes committed by the Khmer Rouge against the Cambodians, but for us on the left they were emotionally far more significant.
10
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
And the Blue Angels are coming back to scare the local population. I remember seeing old Vietnamese women ducking under the benches in Washington Square; they thought they were back in the war.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VIETNAMESE»

Discover the use of Vietnamese in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Vietnamese and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Vietnamese Reference Grammar
In the meanwhile, the author has become aware of a number of minor infelicities and typographical errors requiring correction. Thus, both demand and scholarship have dictated this re-edition." -From the Editor's Note
Laurence C. Thompson, 1987
2
Vietnamese Street Food
With stunning food photography of every dish and complemented by evocative location photography, Vietnamese Street Food provides an unforgettable insight into Vietnamese street food and culture that will inspire both the home chef and the ...
Tracey Lister, Andreas Pohl, 2012
3
Vietnamese Tradition on Trial, 1920-1945
This book argues that changes in political and social consciousness between 1920 and 1945 were a necessary precondition to the mass mobilization employed subsequently against the French and the Americans.
David G. Marr, 1984
4
Into the Vietnamese Kitchen: Treasured Foodways, Modern Flavors
Nguyen helps readers shop for essential ingredients, master core cooking techniques, and prepare and serve satisfying meals, whether for two on a weeknight or 12 on a weekend.Reviews “Andrea Nguyen may be to Vietnamese food what Julia ...
Andrea Nguyen, 2011
5
Making Out in Vietnamese
A fun, accessible and thorough guide to Vietnamese.
Peter Constantine, Quynh-Du Ton-That, 2004
6
Authentic Vietnamese Cooking: Food from a Family Table
An introduction to Vietnamese cuisine shares more than one hundred recipes for a wide variety of dishes and includes illustrations to demonstrate technique and final product
Corinne Trang, 1999
7
Essential Vietnamese Phrase Book:
This Vietnamese phrasebook provides everything the traveller needs to get started. The pronunciation guides are clear and accessible and the guide contains an outline of elementary grammatical principles.
‎2003
8
Vietnamese Home Cooking
Infused with the author’s stories and experiences, from his early days as a refugee to his current culinary success— Vietnamese Home Cooking is a personal and accessible guide to real Vietnamese cuisine from one of its leading voices.
Charles Phan, 2012
9
Pocket Vietnamese Dictionary: Vietnamese-English ...
These are the ideal dictionaries for students and travelers, covering all the words needed for everyday situations and travel basics without confusing abbreviations or dictionary terminology.
‎2003
10
A History of the Vietnamese
A groundbreaking, comprehensive new history of Vietnam from the earliest times to the present day.
K. W. Taylor, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VIETNAMESE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Vietnamese is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Vietnam's refugees find second chance in Silicon Valley
He's one of the Vietnamese "boat people," 1.5 million refugees who fled the country after the fall of Saigon in 1975. For two decades, Vietnamese men, women ... «CNET, Aug 15»
2
Meet the Vietnamese smartphone maker gunning to be the next Apple
I was at the Hanoi headquarters of BKAV, a Vietnamese company that's made its money selling security software but now wants a piece of the $2.2 billion ... «CNET, Jul 15»
3
David Cameron vows to tackle trafficking of Vietnamese children
David Cameron is to promise a crackdown on the trafficking of Vietnamese ... Cameron is due to say: “It is shocking that thousands of Vietnamese children in the ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
Vietnamese Fan Burns Tickets After Man City Players Ignore Fans
Like most players during far-flung preseason tours, Manchester City's players don't want to be where they are right now. Unfortunately for Vietnamese fans ... «Deadspin, Jul 15»
5
Three Vietnamese asylum seekers detained after Australian Navy …
A group of 46 Vietnamese asylum seekers who almost made it to Australia by boat have been flown home, arriving on Sunday afternoon, according to a ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
6
Asylum boat off Pilbara coast carrying Vietnamese
Vietnamese interpreters in Perth have been approached to help the Department of Immigration and Border Protection communicate at sea with suspected ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
7
Vietnamese street food set to tempt food lovers in Liverpool city centre
A new restaurant serving Vietnamese street food is one of several bars and eateries destined for Liverpool city centre over the summer. Entrepreneur Daniel ... «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»
8
Vietnamese hacker sentenced to 13 years in prison for stealing …
A Vietnamese man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for breaking into the computers of US businesses and stealing personal identifiable information ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
9
Obama talks trade, security issues with Vietnam's general secretary
Washington (CNN) President Barack Obama on Tuesday hailed the progress made in American-Vietnamese relations after a meeting with General Secretary ... «CNN, Jul 15»
10
Vietnamese girls who fled tour group at LAX found in Westminster
Two Vietnamese girls who ran away from their tour group at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday have been found in Westminster, officials said Monday. «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Vietnamese [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/vietnamese>. Apr 2024 ».
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