Burmese
UK/bɜːˈmiːz//bɝˈmiz/
Burmese adjective: of or relating to Burma (Myanmar) or its people or language.
Adjective
Burmese (not comparable)
- Of or relating to Burma (Myanmar) or its people or language.
- me using my burmese passport as a diary so at least it's useful2026 January 28, @welovburfkingmese, Instagram
- Synonyms:
- Myanmarese, Myanma, Myanmar
Noun
Burmese (plural Burmese)
- A person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent.
- Synonyms:
- Burman
- A medium-sized, short-haired domestic cat of a breed originating in Thailand.
Proper noun
Burmese
- The Sino-Tibetan official language of the country Burma. Also known as Myanmar (which is the name preferred by the country's current government).
- Today around 90 percent of people use Zawgyi instead of Unicode.
Incompatible without fiddly plug-ins, it only allows people to communicate in Burmese with other Zawgyi users, excluding the nation’s minority languages. Its clunkiness also means search functions do not work, crippling data storage...2019 September 27, “Unicode in, Zawgyi out: Modernity finally catches up in Myanmar's digital world”, in The Japan Times, archived from the original on 22 Aug 2020
- Today around 90 percent of people use Zawgyi instead of Unicode.
- The script in which the Burmese language is written.
Burmese meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Gujarati
Burmese in Hindi
- of or relating to Burma
- बर्मी barmī
- a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
- बर्मी barmī
- language
- बर्मी barmī
Burmese in Urdu
- of or relating to Burma
- برمی barmī
Burmese in Bengali
- of or relating to Burma
- বর্মী bormi
- language
- বর্মী ভাষা bormi bhaśa
Burmese in Gujarati
- of or relating to Burma
- બ્રહ્મી brahmī, બર્મી barmī, બર્મીઝ barmījh
- a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent
- બ્રહ્મી brahmī, બર્મીઝ barmījh
- language
- બ્રહ્મી brahmī
More languagesFewer languages
- Burmese in Assamese
- মান man, মানতৰা mantora, মান ভাষা man bhaxa, মান আখৰ man akhor
- Burmese in Tagalog
- Burmes
- Burmese in Arabic
- بُورْمِيّ būrmiyy, بُورْمِيَّة burmiyya
- Burmese in Malay
- Burma
- Burmese in Indonesian
- bahasa Myanmar
- Burmese in Persian
- برمهای berme'âyi, زبان برمهای zabân-e berme'âyi
- Burmese in Thai
- พม่า pá-mâa, ภาษาพม่า paa-săa pá-mâa
- Burmese in Vietnamese
- Miến Điện, tiếng Myanma, tiếng Miến Điện
- Burmese in Myanmar
- မြန်မာ့ mranma., ဗမာ့ ba.ma., မြန်မာ mranma, ဗမာ ba.ma
Synonyms of Burmese
Forms of Burmese
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | Birmese |
| Noun | |
| plural | Burmese |
Origin of Burmese
From Burma + -ese.
Words formed from Burmese
Phrases with Burmese
Words that rhyme with Burmese
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- wheeze
- Cantonese
- chemise
- miner's disease
- trapeze
- Congolese
- dees
- disease
- displease
- frieze
- Japanese
- Keyes
- leese
- overseas
- pease
- please
- Portuguese
- sneeze
- tweeze
- appease
- bes
- bez
- blue cheese
- botanese
- expertise
- fries
- greeze
- Guyanese
- he's
- Javanese
- keys
- legalese
- Louise
- Maltese
- Ningbonese
- octopodes
- Pekingese
- Shanghainese
- she's
- Sinhalese
- Socrates
- tees
- Versaillese
- Viennese
- Vietnamese
- a little bit of bread and no cheese
- academese
- agrees
Questions about Burmese
- What does Burmese mean?
- Burmese means of or relating to Burma (Myanmar) or its people or language.
- What is Burmese in Hindi?
- Burmese in Hindi is बर्मी (barmī). See Burmese meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Burmese?
- Burmese can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Burmese?
- Burmese is pronounced /bɜːˈmiːz/ (UK).
Words near Burmese in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Burmese (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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