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Vietnamese

Vietnamese

105 2.8
Relating to Vietnam, its people, or its language
  • adjective
  • /ˌviːɛt.nəˈmiːz/
: vietnamita
  • Many people enjoy the unique flavors of Vietnamese cuisine, especially pho and banh mi.
  • Vietnamese culture
  • Vietnamese community
  • Vietnamese refugees

We just got to our hotel and finally got a big strong glass of Ice Vietnamese coffee and I am so much happier now.

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Examples

  • The South Vietnamese people to shape their own destiny.

  • Bo and Evan are going to have some Vietnamese coffee.

  • 'It will take an independent Vietnamese leader to rule our country.'

  • It's very difficult to find a Vietnamese man named Charlie.

  • We'll be eating only vietnamese food from now on.

  • So I will see you guys at the Vietnamese place at Sunset Park.

  • We just got to our hotel and finally got a big strong glass of Ice Vietnamese coffee and I am so much happier now.

  • When we arrived at the airport, the Vietnamese were in the process of boarding the plane.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • The combination of those two strong cultural beliefs has helped Vietnamese in dealing with their past.

    Academic text (1999)
  • So we've come into town and we are going to a Vietnamese street food place for lunch.

Compounds

The official way people in Vietnam speak using six tones

Surface Forms

Vietnamese positive

Morphology

Vietnamese = Vietnam (transparent) = Vietnam + ese

The adjective meaning 'of or relating to Vietnam' is formed productively with the suffix '-ese' and is straightforward for learners.

Etymology

Vietnamese comes from Viet and Nam ('south') with the ending -ese (like in Chinese), so Vietnamese describes something or someone 'from or about Vietnam'.