vietnamese

adjective (Vietnamese); noun (a Vietnamese, the Vietnamese — plural the same; Vietnamese, the language)

«vietnamese» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

From or to do with Vietnam, a country in South-East Asia. tree →
A person from Vietnam or of Vietnamese family. tree →
The language spoken in Vietnam. tree →

In the lessons

In geography and everyday life: Vietnamese food (pho, spring rolls), Vietnamese families in Australia, the USA, Canada and the UK. In language lessons: Vietnamese is written with the Latin alphabet plus many accent marks and has tones.

Examples

We ate Vietnamese noodle soup called pho. tree →
My friend's grandparents speak Vietnamese at home. tree →
Vietnamese uses tones, so the same sound can mean different things. tree →
The Vietnamese coast is very long and thin. tree →
There is a Vietnamese bakery near our school. tree →
She is learning to write Vietnamese with all its accents. tree →

Note

Always written with a capital V: Vietnamese. Plural of the noun for people is the same: one Vietnamese, many Vietnamese (more often «Vietnamese people»). Say vee-et-nuh-MEEZ.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «vietnamese» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«vietnamese» in the school dictionary on Mova free.

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