Vietnamese

noun

Viet·​nam·​ese vē-ˌet-nə-ˈmēz 

ˌvyet-,

ˌvē-ət- 

ˌvēt-,

-na-,

-nä-,

-ˈmēs 

plural Vietnamese

1

: a native or inhabitant of Vietnam

2

: the language of the largest group in Vietnam and the official language of the country

Vietnamese adjective

Examples of Vietnamese in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Tran, who is Vietnamese American, now serves as a clinician with Asian Pacific Community Counseling, a nonprofit in Ramona Village that provides mental health services to Asian and Pacific Islanders. —Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 6 June 2024

The number of Chinese language websites is now only slightly higher than those in Indonesian and Vietnamese, and smaller than those in Polish and Persian. —Li Yuan, New York Times, 4 June 2024

How to talk about family, grief, trauma and more, in Vietnamese, according to experts and community members. —Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024

Online and telephone interviews were offered in English, the Chinese dialects of Mandarin and Cantonese, Vietnamese and Korean. —Annie Ma and Linley Sanders, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing Vietnamese

• Vietnamese cinnamon
• Vietnamese potbellied pig

Kids Definition

Vietnamese

noun

Viet·​nam·​ese vē-ˌet-nə-ˈmēz  ˌvyet-  ˌvē-ət- 

ˌvēt-,

-na-,

-nä,

-ˈmēs

plural Vietnamese

1

: a person born or living in Vietnam

2

: the official language of Vietnam

Vietnamese adjective