English Explanatory Dictionary

Sinese

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The Chinese people or a Chinese person, (particularly) with reference to the historical southern Chinese known to the Greeks and Romans as the Sinae.
adj
  1. Of or relating to the Sinae or their homeland.

Word forms

Sinese

Etymology

From German Sinese (“a Chinese person”), from Sina (“China”) + -ese (“-ese: forming demonyms”), from Medieval Latin Sina (“China”) + -ensis (“-ese: forming adjs”), from Latin Sinae (“the Southern Chinese, Southern China”), from Ancient Greek. Equivalent to Sino- + -ese.

Related words

Sinae Sinaean Sinaic Sinensian Sinesian Sinetic Sinitic

Derived words

Sinesian
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