Meanings
adjectiveVietnamese (not comparable)
alternative Viet-Namese
- not comparableOf or pertaining to Vietnam.
As I rubbed my face, a middle-aged man gripped my neck, the way Vietnamese fathers or uncles often do when trying to pour their strength into you.
2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 228
nounVietnamese (countable and uncountable, plural Vietnamese)
alternative Viet-Namese
- uncountableVietnamese cuisine; traditional Vietnamese food.
proper noun
alternative Viet-Namese
- The Austroasiatic language spoken predominantly in Vietnam.
The Vietnamese I own is the one you gave me, the one whose diction and syntax reach only the second-grade level.
2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 311 more example
If the idea of “exotic” and complex languages with features you’ve never imagined thrills you, I guarantee you’ll get more out of studying Navajo, American Sign Language, Kikuyu, Vietnamese, Cree, Cantonese, Quechua, or Nuuchahnnulth than Quenya, Klingon, or attempting to make your own.
2023 December 30, Daniel W. Hieber, “Why I hate conlangs”, in Linguistic Discovery, archived from the original on 24 May 2024
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe Mon-Khmer language spoken in Vietnam
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans Viëtnamees, Viëtnamees
- Viëtnameesof or pertaining to Vietnam
- ViëtnameesVietnamese person
- Viëtnameeslanguage
Arabic فِيتْنَامِيّ, فِيتْنَامِيّ
- فِيتْنَامِيّ (fitnāmiyy)of or pertaining to Vietnam
- فِيتْنَامِيّ (fitnāmiyy)Vietnamese person
- فِيتْنَامِيَّة (fītnāmiyya)Vietnamese person
- اَلْفِيتْنَامِيَّة (al-fitnamiyya)language
- فِيتْنَامِيّ (fitnāmiyy)language
Basque vietnamdar, vietnamdar
- vietnamdarof or pertaining to Vietnam
- vietnamdarVietnamese person
- vietnameralanguage
Bengali ভিয়েতনামী
- ভিয়েতনামী (bhiẏetnami)of or pertaining to Vietnam
Bulgarian виетна́мски, виетна́мец
- виетна́мски (vietnámski)of or pertaining to Vietnam
- виетна́мец (vietnámec)Vietnamese person
- виетна́мка (vietnámka)Vietnamese person
Catalan vietnamita, vietnamita
- vietnamitaof or pertaining to Vietnam
- vietnamitaVietnamese person
- vietnamitalanguage
Chinese Cantonese 越南人, 越南話 /越南话
- 越南人 (jyut⁶ naam⁴ jan⁴)Vietnamese person
- 越南話 /越南话language
Chinese Mandarin 越南的, 越南人
- 越南的 (Yuènán de)of or pertaining to Vietnam
- 越南人 (yuènánrén)Vietnamese person
- 越南語 /越南语 (yuènányǔ)language
Czech vietnamský, Vietnamec
- vietnamskýof or pertaining to Vietnam
- VietnamecVietnamese person
- VietnamkaVietnamese person
- vietnamštinalanguage
Danish vietnamesisk, vietnameser
- vietnamesiskof or pertaining to Vietnam
- vietnameserVietnamese person
- vietnamesisklanguage
Dutch Vietnamees, Vietnamees
- Vietnameesof or pertaining to Vietnam
- VietnameesVietnamese person
- VietnameseVietnamese person
- Vietnameeslanguage
Esperanto vjetnamano, vjetnamanino
- vjetnamanoVietnamese person
- vjetnamaninoVietnamese person
Estonian vietnami, vietnamlane
- vietnamiof or pertaining to Vietnam
- vietnamlaneVietnamese person
- vietnamilanguage
Finnish vietnamilainen, vietnamilainen
- vietnamilainenof or pertaining to Vietnam
- vietnamilainenVietnamese person
- vietnamlanguage
French vietnamien, Vietnamien
- vietnamienof or pertaining to Vietnam
- VietnamienVietnamese person
- VietnamienneVietnamese person
- vietnamienlanguage
German vietnamesisch, Vietnamese
- vietnamesischof or pertaining to Vietnam
- VietnameseVietnamese person
- VietnamesinVietnamese person
- Vietnamesischlanguage
Greek βιετναμικά
- βιετναμικά (vietnamiká)language
Hawaiian Wiekanama, Wiekanama
- Wiekanamaof or pertaining to Vietnam
- WiekanamaVietnamese person
Hebrew וְיֶטְנָאמִי, וְיֶטְנָאמִי
- וְיֶטְנָאמִי (vietnami)of or pertaining to Vietnam
- וְיֶטְנָאמִי (vietnami)Vietnamese person
Hindi वियतनामी, वियतनामी
- वियतनामी (viyatnāmī)of or pertaining to Vietnam
- वियतनामी (viyatnāmī)Vietnamese person
- वियतनामी (viyatnāmī)language
Hungarian vietnami, vietnami
- vietnamiof or pertaining to Vietnam
- vietnamiVietnamese person
- vietnamilanguage
Irish Fítneamach
- Fítneamachof or pertaining to Vietnam
Italian vietnamita, vietnamita
- vietnamitaof or pertaining to Vietnam
- vietnamitaVietnamese person
- vietnamitalanguage
Japanese ベトナムの, ベトナム人
- ベトナムの (Betonamu no)of or pertaining to Vietnam
- ベトナム人 (betonamujin)Vietnamese person
- ベトナム語 (betonamugo)language
Korean 베트남의, 베트남인
- 베트남의 (Beteunam-ui)of or pertaining to Vietnam
- 베트남인 (beteunamin)Vietnamese person
- 베트남 사람 (beteunam saram)Vietnamese person
- 베트남어 (beteunameo)language
Latin Annamiticus
- Annamiticusof or pertaining to Vietnam
Latvian vjetnamiešu, vjetnamietis
- vjetnamiešuof or pertaining to Vietnam
- vjetnamietisVietnamese person
- vjetnamieteVietnamese person
- vjetnamiešulanguage
Lithuanian vietnamiečių, vietnamietiškas
- vietnamiečiųof or pertaining to Vietnam
- vietnamietiškasof or pertaining to Vietnam
- vietnamietisVietnamese person
- vietnamietėVietnamese person
- vietnamiečiųlanguage
Norwegian Bokmål vietnamesisk, vietnameser
- vietnamesiskof or pertaining to Vietnam
- vietnameserVietnamese person
- vietnamesisklanguage
Persian ویتنامی, ویتنامی
- ویتنامی (viyatnâmi)of or pertaining to Vietnam
- ویتنامی (viyatnâmi)language
Polish wietnamski, Wietnamczyk
- wietnamskiof or pertaining to Vietnam
- WietnamczykVietnamese person
- WietnamkaVietnamese person
- wietnamskilanguage
- język wietnamskilanguage
Portuguese vietnamita, vietnamita
- vietnamitaof or pertaining to Vietnam
- vietnamitaVietnamese person
- vietnamitalanguage
Romanian vietnamez, vietnamez
- vietnamezof or pertaining to Vietnam
- vietnamezVietnamese person
- vietnamezăVietnamese person
- vietnamezălanguage
Russian вьетна́мский, вьетна́мец
- вьетна́мский (vʹjetnámskij)of or pertaining to Vietnam
- вьетна́мец (vʹjetnámec)Vietnamese person
- вьетна́мка (vʹjetnámka)Vietnamese person
- вьетна́мцы (vʹjetnámcy)Vietnamese person
- вьетна́мский (vʹjetnámskij)language
- вьетна́мский язы́к (vʹjetnámskij jazýk)language
Slovak vietnamský, Vietnamec
- vietnamskýof or pertaining to Vietnam
- VietnamecVietnamese person
- VietnamkaVietnamese person
- vietnamčinalanguage
Spanish vietnamita, vietnamita
- vietnamitaof or pertaining to Vietnam
- vietnamitaVietnamese person
- vietnamitalanguage
Swahili Mvietinamu, Mvieti
- MvietinamuVietnamese person
- MvietiVietnamese person
- Kivietinamulanguage
- Kivietilanguage
Swedish vietnamesisk, vietnames
- vietnamesiskof or pertaining to Vietnam
- vietnamesVietnamese person
- vietnamesiskaVietnamese person
- vietnamesiskalanguage
Tagalog Biyetnames
- Biyetnameslanguage
Tamil வியட்நாமிய, வியட்நாமியம்
- வியட்நாமிய (viyaṭnāmiya)of or pertaining to Vietnam
- வியட்நாமியம் (viyaṭnāmiyam)language
Thai เวียดนาม, ญวน
- เวียดนาม (wîiat-naam)of or pertaining to Vietnam
- ญวน (yuuan)of or pertaining to Vietnam
- คนเวียดนาม (kon wîat-naam)Vietnamese person
- ภาษาเวียดนาม (paa-săa wîat-naam)language
Turkish Vietnamlı, Vietnam
- Vietnamlıof or pertaining to Vietnam
- Vietnamof or pertaining to Vietnam
- VietnamlıVietnamese person
- Vietnamcalanguage
- Vietnam dililanguage
Ukrainian в'єтна́мський, в'єтна́мець
- в'єтна́мський (vʺjetnámsʹkyj)of or pertaining to Vietnam
- в'єтна́мець (vʺjetnámecʹ)Vietnamese person
- в'єтна́мка (vʺjetnámka)Vietnamese person
- в'єтна́мська мо́ва (vʺjetnámsʹka móva)language
- в'єтна́мська (vʺjetnámsʹka)language
Urdu ویتنامی, ویتنامی
- ویتنامی (viyatnāmī)of or pertaining to Vietnam
- ویتنامی (viyatnāmī)language
Vietnamese Việt, (thuộc) Việt Nam
- Việtof or pertaining to Vietnam
- (thuộc) Việt Namof or pertaining to Vietnam
- người ViệtVietnamese person
- người Việt NamVietnamese person
- tiếng Việtlanguage
- tiếng Việt Namlanguage
- Việt ngữlanguage
- tiếng Kinhlanguage
Welsh Fietnamaidd, Fietnameg
- Fietnamaiddof or pertaining to Vietnam
- Fietnameglanguage
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Vietnamese
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Cite this entry
APA
Vietnamese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vietnamese
MLA
“Vietnamese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vietnamese. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Vietnamese,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vietnamese.
Source: Vietnamese on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.