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VIETNAMESE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The Mon-Khmer language spoken in Vietnam

Synonyms:

Annamese; Annamite; Vietnamese

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Vietnam

Synonyms:

Annamese; Vietnamese

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

Vietnamese boat people

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

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)

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