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Thais

Thais is the plural of Thai.

Meaning of Thai

Noun

Thai (countable and uncountable, plural Thai or Thais)

  1. (countable) A person living in or coming from Thailand.
    • The Bangkok government indicated real concern over the developments in Communist China’s Yunnan province. Thai officials were afraid that Sibsongpanna would be a center where pro-Communist Thai in Southeast Asia would go and where subversive agitation could be directed against outside legitimate...1958, Russell H. Fifield, The Diplomacy of Southeast Asia: 1945-1958, New York: Harper & Brothers, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 263
    Synonyms:
    Thailander
  2. A domestic cat of a particular breed descended from cats of Thailand and somewhat resembling a Siamese.
  3. (uncountable) Thai cuisine; traditional Thai food.

See all 5 meanings of Thai

Proper noun

Thais

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Origin of Thais

From Thai ไทย (tai).

From Ancient Greek Θαΐς (Thaḯs), became known as the name of the mistress of Alexander the Great.

Words that rhyme with Thais

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Questions about Thais

What does Thais mean?
Thais means a female given name from Ancient Greek.
What is Thais the plural of?
Thais is the plural of Thai.
What part of speech is Thais?
Thais is a proper noun.

Words near Thais in the dictionary

  1. Thain
  2. Thainess
  3. Thains
  4. Thaipusam
  5. thair
  6. Thais
  7. Thaiss
  8. Thaisses
  9. Thakali
  10. Thakalis
  11. Thake

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Thais (page history and authors); Thai (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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