Meanings
- obsoleteuncountableA former name of the Vietnamese language.
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[…]These are bilingual dictionaries of major civilised languages which have technical literature and technical vocabulary. For example, German, French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Russian in the West and Arabic, Persian, Chinese and Japanese in the East. We have not ignored smaller languages like Finnish in Europe and Annamese in Asia.
1962, Raghu Vira, A Comprehensive English-Hindi Dictionary of Governmental & Educational Words & Phrases, International Academy of Indian Culture, page 18
- not comparablePertaining to Annam.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe Mon-Khmer language spoken in Vietnam
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Finnish annamilainen (of Annam), vietnamilainen
- annamilainen (of Annam)person
- vietnamilainenperson
- annamilainenof or pertaining to Annam
French Annamite
- Annamiteperson
German Annamese, Annamit
- Annameseperson
- Annamitperson
Portuguese anamês, anamita
- anamêsperson
- anamitaperson
Russian анна́мский
- анна́мский (annámskij)of or pertaining to Annam
Swedish annamit
- annamitperson
Cite this entry
Annamese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Annamese
“Annamese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Annamese. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Annamese,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Annamese.
Source: Annamese on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.