Marshallese
/ˌmɑː.ʃəˈliːz/US/ˌmɑɹ.ʃəlˈiːz/
Marshallese adjective: of or pertaining to the Marshall Islands, its people, or its language.
Adjective
Marshallese (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the Marshall Islands, its people, or its language.
Proper noun
Marshallese
- The Austronesian language of the Marshall Islands.
Noun
Marshallese (countable and uncountable, plural Marshallese)
- An inhabitant of the Marshall Islands.
Forms of Marshallese
| plural | Marshallese |
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Origin of Marshallese
From Marshall (“Marshall Islands”) + -ese.
Words that rhyme with Marshallese
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- 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
- Burmese
- 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
Questions about Marshallese
- What does Marshallese mean?
- Marshallese means of or pertaining to the Marshall Islands, its people, or its language.
- What part of speech is Marshallese?
- Marshallese can be an adjective, a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Marshallese?
- Marshallese is pronounced /ˌmɑː.ʃəˈliːz/ (UK).
Words near Marshallese in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Marshallese (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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