Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taïwanese

/tˈaɪwɑnˈiz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tai-wanese
IPA: /tˈaɪwɑnˈiz/

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

noun

The people of Taiwan.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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""
"Taïwan is not part of the United-Nations for historical reasons, since China took the place of its reprentatives in the United-Nations. Taïwan is not a recognized state. The Taïwanese flag does not have international recognition."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: taïwanais
Suffix: Taïwan

Inflected Forms

more Taïwanese (comparative) most Taïwanese (superlative)

Rhymes With

he's t's b's g's d's c's e's v's z's p's t.s cádiz

Questions

How do you pronounce taïwanese?: The recorded pronunciation is /tˈaɪwɑnˈiz/.
What does taïwanese mean?: Taiwanese.
Where does taïwanese come from?: It is traced to French.

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