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Tonkinese en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English Tonkin 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 Tonkinese From Tonkin + -ese.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to Tonkin, the northern part of Vietnam.

Tonkinese en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English Tonkin 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 Tonkinese From Tonkin + -ese.

Meanings

  1. (in-plural) A person from Tonkin.
    • A great number of Legionaires had married Tonkineses and had children by them. According to French law, a child born on French soil is a citizen of France, whether the father and mother are French or not, so also in Indo-China[…] 1962, Anuruddha, The Protecting Hand:
    • The Occidental who lives in that splendid house on the Phù-Cam is married to a Tonkinese. It's more than ten years ago he brought her here. He has never had any second wives. He gave his father-in-law a teakwood coffin. 1925, Cl Chivas-Baron, Three Women of Annam, page 124:
  2. (countable) A domestic cat of a breed that is a cross between the Siamese and Burmese.
    • Do not consider bringing home a Tonkinese unless you have time in your life for games[…] 2001, Lorraine Shelton, The Guide to Owning a Tonkinese Cat, TFH Publications, →ISBN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Tonkinese Number=Plur lexicographic
Tonkineses Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

Tonk

Translations (5)

pt tonquinês (cat breed) · fr tonkinois (cat breed) · cs tonkinská kočka (cat breed) · es tonkinés (cat breed) · it tonchinese (cat breed)

Tonkinese en · PROPN

Etymology

Etymology tree English Tonkin 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 Tonkinese From Tonkin + -ese.

Meanings

  1. The language of Tonkin; northern Vietnamese.