English Explanatory Dictionary

Burmese

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to Burma (Myanmar) or its people or language.
noun
  1. A person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent.
  2. A medium-sized, short-haired domestic cat of a breed originating in Thailand.
name
  1. The Sino-Tibetan official language of the country Burma. Also known as Myanmar (which is the name preferred by the country's current government).
  2. The script in which the Burmese language is written.

Pronunciation

/bɜːˈmiːz/ /bɝˈmiz/ en-us-Burmese.ogg

Word forms

Burmese Birmese

Etymology

From Burma + -ese.

Synonyms

Myanmarese Myanma Myanmar Burman

Related words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Burmese terms

Derived words

Burmese coriander Burmeseness Burmese python Burmese star tortoise

Translations

Arabic: بُورْمِيّ Arabic: بُورْمِيَّة Armenian: բիրմաներեն Assamese: মান ভাষা Asturian: birmanu Belarusian: бірма́нская мо́ва Belarusian: бірма́нская Bengali: বর্মী ভাষা Bulgarian: бирма́нски Burmese: မြန်မာစာ Burmese: ဗမာစာ Burmese: မြန်မာစကား Burmese: ဗမာစကား Burmese: မြန်မာဘာသာ Catalan: birmà Chinese: 緬甸語 /缅甸语 Chinese Mandarin: 緬甸語 /缅甸语 Czech: barmština Czech: myanmarština Danish: burmesisk Dutch: Birmaans Dutch: Birmees Finnish: burma Finnish: burman kieli French: birman Galician: birmano German: Birmanisch German: Burmesisch Greek: βιρμανικά Greek: Βιρμανική Gujarati: બ્રહ્મી Hindi: बर्मी Hungarian: burmai Icelandic: búrmíska Indonesian: bahasa Myanmar Irish: Burmais Italian: birmano Japanese: ビルマ語 Japanese: ミャンマー語 Kazakh: бирма тілі Khmer: ភាសាភូមា Korean: 버마어 Lao: ພາສາພະມ້າ Latvian: birmiešu valoda Navajo: Mííanmáa bizaad Norwegian Bokmål: burmesisk Norwegian Bokmål: myanmarsk Norwegian Nynorsk: burmesisk Norwegian Nynorsk: myanmarsk Persian: زبان برمهای Persian: برمهای Polish: (język) birmański Portuguese: birmanês Portuguese: birmã Portuguese: birmane Romanian: birmană Russian: бирма́нский
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