burmese

«burmese» in Mova's school dictionary: From or to do with Burma, now called Myanmar, a country… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (Burmese); noun (Burmese, the language; a Burmese, Burmese people); noun (a Burmese cat)

meaning for a pupil

1) From or to do with Burma, now called Myanmar, a country in Southeast Asia. tree →

2) The main language of Myanmar. tree →

3) A person from Myanmar. tree →

4) A breed of cat with short glossy brown fur. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography lessons, Burmese people live in Myanmar, a country with many Buddhist temples. Burmese pythons are large snakes from that region. At home, a Burmese is a friendly breed of cat.

examples

• Burmese is the main language of Myanmar. tree →
• We visited a Burmese restaurant. tree →
• A Burmese python is a very big snake. tree →
• Our Burmese cat follows us everywhere. tree →
• Burma is now called Myanmar. tree →
• The Burmese alphabet has round letters. tree →

note

Always a capital B. Say «bur-MEEZ». The plural for people is also Burmese.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «burmese» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.