Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sinese

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sinese
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The Chinese people or a Chinese person, (particularly) with reference to the historical southern Chinese known to the Greeks and Romans as the Sinae.

Uncountable

adj

Of or relating to the Sinae or their homeland.

Example Sentences

"The name Θῖναι, Strabo, Σῖναι, Ptol., Τζίνιτζα, Kosmas, did not obtain currency first from the founder of the dynasty Tsin; but, long before this, Tsin was the name of a feudal kingdom in Shensi, one of the western provinces of the Sinese land, and Feitsa, the first feudal King of Tsin, began to reign as early as b.c. 897."

Etymology

From German Sinese (“a Chinese person”), from Sina (“China”) + -ese (“-ese: forming demonyms”), from Medieval Latin Sina (“China”) + -ensis (“-ese: forming adjs”), from Latin Sinae (“the Southern Chinese, Southern China”), from Ancient Greek. Equivalent to Sino- + -ese.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Sinese, Sina, Sinae, -

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

Sinesian

Frequently Paired Words

Sinae Sinaean Sinaic Sinensian Sinesian Sinetic Sinitic

Questions

What does sinese mean?: The Chinese people or a Chinese person, (particularly) with reference to the historical southern Chinese known to the Greeks and Romans as the Sinae.
Where does sinese come from?: It is traced to German.

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