viennese
/ˌviː.əˈniːz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A native or inhabitant of Vienna (the capital of Austria).
noun
A native or inhabitant of Vienna (now Vienne, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
Example Sentences
- "The council at first decided against the pretensions of Arles, but finally compromised by dividing the Viennese province into two parts, of which the southern was to depend on Arles."
- "The Viennese diocese is part of the Prefecture of Gaul (which also includes the dioceses of Gaul, Spain, and Britain), which has its seat in Augusta Trevirorum (Trier in Germany)."
- ""The blessed Martha also, with her companions, announced to the people of Avignon and Arles the glad tidings of the Lord and Saviour, and in the towns and villages about the Rhone and in the Viennese province."
- "For quotations using this term, see Citations:Viennese."
- "According to Tacitus, Hist. i. 65., the colonists of Lugdunum (see below) regarded the Viennese as less genuine Romans than themselves."
Etymology
Etymology tree English Vienna 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 Viennese From Vienna + -ese.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˌviː.əˈniːz/
Inflected Forms
more Viennese (comparative)
most Viennese (superlative)