Nepalese

See also: nepalese

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English Nepal

Proto-Indo-European *-iskos

Proto-Germanic *-iskaz

Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor.

Late Latin -iscus

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Vulgar Latin -iscus

Latin -ēnsis

Old French -eisbor.

Middle English -eys

English -ese

English Nepalese

From Nepal + -ese.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nɛ.pəˈliːz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːz

Adjective

Nepalese (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Nepal, the Nepalese people or the Nepalese language.

   Synonym: Nepali

   • 1982 February 13, Lee Swislow, “Amazon Trekking”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 29, page 8:

     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).

Derived terms

• Nepalese English
• Nepaleseness

Translations

Nepali — see Nepali

Proper noun

Nepalese

1. The national language of Nepal.

   Synonym: Nepali

Translations

Nepali — see Nepali

Noun

Nepalese (plural Nepalese or Nepaleses)

1. (chiefly in the plural) A person from Nepal or of Nepalese descent.

   Synonym: Nepali

   • 1988, Frances M. Parsons, ‎Donna L. Chitwood, I Didn't Hear the Dragon Roar (page 243)

     Some of the Nepaleses on the Chinese side of the border were road or house builders.

Usage notes

As with other terms for people formed with -ese, the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am a Nepalese", "writing about Nepalese cuisine as a Nepalese") is now uncommon and often taken as grammatically incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Nepalese") or before a noun like person, man, or woman ("writing about Nepalese cuisine as a Nepalese person"). See also -ish, which is similarly only primarily used as an adjective or as a plural noun.

Translations

Nepali — see Nepali

Afrikaans

Adjective

Nepalese

1. attributive form of Nepalees

Noun

Nepalese

1. plural of Nepalees

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Ne‧pa‧le‧se

Adjective

Nepalese

1. inflection of Nepalees:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

Noun

Nepalese f (plural Nepalesen, no diminutive, male equivalent Nepalees)

1. Nepali (female from Nepal)

Anagrams

• Nepalees

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Nepalese m (weak, genitive Nepalesen, plural Nepalesen, feminine Nepalesin)

1. Nepali

Declension

Declension of Nepalese [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Nepalese	die	Nepalesen
genitive	eines	des	Nepalesen	der	Nepalesen
dative	einem	dem	Nepalesen	den	Nepalesen
accusative	einen	den	Nepalesen	die	Nepalesen

Further reading

• “Nepalese”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)