nepalese
/nɛ.pəˈliːz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, from, or pertaining to Nepal, the Nepalese people or the Nepalese language.
Example Sentences
- "All the towns have small teahouses where you can get tea, sometimes chapatis (a flat flour and water bread similar to tortillas), sometimes eggs, and dahl baat (rice, beans and curried vegetables, the standard Nepalese meal)."
- "Some of the Nepaleses on the Chinese side of the border were road or house builders."
Etymology
Etymology tree English Nepal Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Nepalese From Nepal + -ese.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /nɛ.pəˈliːz/