Nepalese

From Nepal +‎ -ese.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nɛ.pəˈliːz/

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• Rhymes: -iːz

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).

Nepalese

1. The national language of Nepal.

   Synonym: Nepali

Nepalese (plural Nepalese)

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

   Synonym: Nepali

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 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.

Nepalese

1. attributive form of Nepalees

Nepalese

1. plural of Nepalees

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• Hyphenation: Ne‧pa‧le‧se

Nepalese

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

Nepalese f (plural Nepalesen, masculine Nepalees)

1. Nepali (female from Nepal)

• Nepalees

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

1. Nepali

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