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Taïwanese

Taïwanese adjective: taiwanese.

Adjective

Taïwanese (comparative more Taïwanese, superlative most Taïwanese)

  1. (non-native speakers' English) Taiwanese.
    • Who'll get their revenge with a taïwanese woman in Bush's government and the taïwanese going bezerk with direct access to the White House, Pentagon, CIA, FBI, Nuclear Command, Army "I want all the latest stuff to set up on the Straits between Taïwan and China" weapons shopping mall.2001 January 13, Geir, “Something to think about ...”, in alt.religion.buddhism.tibetan (Usenet), retrieved 24 May 2022
    • Ialso play as straight soprano on a taïwanese "Cleveland" srictly copied on MK VI (the real ones, notre the 6.5 models after #210.000): it's a fine horn, for tuning, tone, mechanics, much better than the Selmer Serie II I resold after few monthes as too heavy with no "soul"2003 September 1, SaxyBird, “Stagg saxophone”, in alt.music.saxophone (Usenet), retrieved 24 May 2022

Noun

Taïwanese pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only, non-native speakers' English) The people of Taiwan.
    • Who'll get their revenge with a taïwanese woman in Bush's government and the taïwanese going bezerk with direct access to the White House, Pentagon, CIA, FBI, Nuclear Command, Army "I want all the latest stuff to set up on the Straits between Taïwan and China" weapons shopping mall.2001 January 13, Geir, “Something to think about ...”, in alt.religion.buddhism.tibetan (Usenet), retrieved 24 May 2022

Forms of Taïwanese

comparativemore Taïwanese
superlativemost Taïwanese

Origin of Taïwanese

Borrowed from French taïwanais. Equivalent to Taïwan + -ese.

Questions about Taïwanese

What does Taïwanese mean?
Taïwanese means taiwanese.
What part of speech is Taïwanese?
Taïwanese can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Taïwanese in the dictionary

  1. Tazzie devils
  2. tazzing
  3. Taíno
  4. Taínos
  5. Taïwan
  6. Taïwanese
  7. Tañon Strait
  8. Tașca
  9. Taṇhaṅkara
  10. tb
  11. TB/DL

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