timorense
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti.moˈrɛn.se/
- Rhymes: -ɛnse
- Hyphenation: ti‧mo‧rèn‧se
Adjective
timorense m or f (plural timorensi)
Noun
timorense m or f by sense (plural timorensi)
Related terms
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
timorēnse
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of timorēnsis
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /t͡ʃi.moˈɾẽ.si/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /t͡ʃi.moˈɾẽ.se/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ti.muˈɾẽ.sɨ/
- Hyphenation: ti‧mo‧ren‧se
Adjective
timorense m or f (plural timorenses)
- Timorese (of or relating to the island of Timor, including West Timor)
- East Timorese (of or relating to the country of Timor-Leste)
- Synonym: maubere (potentially offensive)
Noun
timorense m or f by sense (plural timorenses)
- Timorese (someone or something from the island of Timor, including West Timor)
- East Timorese (someone or something from the country of Timor-Leste)
- Synonym: maubere (potentially offensive)
Usage notes
- Without any further specifications, the term is almost always specific to the country of East Timor, rather than the whole island of Timor. Compare the use of guineense to refer to people from Guinea-Bissau.
Further reading
- “timorense”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From Timor (Oriental) + -ense.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /timoˈɾense/ [t̪i.moˈɾẽn.se]
- Rhymes: -ense
- Syllabification: ti‧mo‧ren‧se
Adjective
timorense m or f (masculine and feminine plural timorenses)
Noun
timorense m or f by sense (plural timorenses)
Further reading
- “timorense”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024