Siamese

See also: siamese

English

Etymology

From Siam +‎ -ese.

Adjective

Siamese (comparative more Siamese, superlative most Siamese)

1. Of or relating to Siam; Thai.
   • 1943 July and August, T. Lovatt Williams, “Some Reminiscences of the Footplate—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 235:

     I remember one such occasion when a Siamese pupil had fired the train from Lime Street, and so complimentary were the Chief's remarks on the condition of the fire that we found our young Siamese friend difficult to live with for about a week afterwards!

2. (not comparable) Of a connection of tubes or hoses: shaped like the letter Y.

Related terms

• Siamese cat
• Siamese fighting fish
• Siamese twin
• Siamese joint

Translations

Thai

• Catalan: siamès
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 暹羅／暹罗 (zh) (xiānluó)

• Danish: siamesisk, thailandsk
• Finnish: siamilainen (fi)
• French: siamois (fr) m
• German: siamesisch (de)
• Hungarian: sziámi (hu)
• Italian: siamese m or f
• Khmer: សៀម (km) (siem)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: siyamî (ku) m or f

• Latin: siamensis
• Manx: Seeamagh
• Persian: سیامی (fa) (siâmi)
• Polish: syjamski (pl)
• Portuguese: siamês (pt)
• Russian: сиа́мский (ru) (siámskij)
• Spanish: siamés
• Swedish: siamesisk (sv)
• Tagalog: Siyames

Proper noun

Siamese

1. The Thai language.

Translations

Thai language

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 暹羅語／暹罗语 (zh) (xiānluóyǔ)

• Danish: thailandsk, siamesisk
• Finnish: siam, siamin kieli
• German: Siamesisch n
• Italian: siamese m
• Khmer: សៀម (km) (siem)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: siyamî (ku) f

• Swedish: siamesiska (sv) c
• Vietnamese: Xiêm

Noun

Siamese (plural Siameses or Siamese)

1. (plural "Siameses") A Siamese cat.
2. (historical, plural "Siamese" or "Siameses") An inhabitant of Siam.
3. (plural "Siameses") A connection of tubes or hoses shaped like a letter Y.

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 Siamese", "writing about Siamese cuisine as a Siamese") is uncommon and often taken as incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Siamese") or before a noun like person, man, or woman ("writing about Siamese cuisine as a Siamese person"). See also -ish, which is similarly only used primarily as an adjective or as a plural noun.

Translations

Siamese cat

• Dutch: siamees (nl)
• Finnish: siamilainen (fi), siaminkissa
• German: Siamkatze f
• Italian: siamese m or f
• Khmer: សៀម (km) (siem)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: siyamî (ku) f

• Swedish: siames (sv) c, siameskatt c

Siam inhabitant

• Danish: siameser c, thailænder c
• Esperanto: siamano (man or woman), siamanino (woman)
• Finnish: siamilainen (fi)
• French: Siamois (fr) m, Siamoise f
• German: Siamese m, Siamesin f
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: siyamî (ku) m or f

Anagrams

• Amieses

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

Siamese

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

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zi̯aˈmezə]
• Hyphenation: Si‧a‧me‧se

Noun

Siamese m (weak, genitive Siamesen, plural Siamesen, feminine Siamesin)

1. Siamese (An inhabitant of Siam.)

Declension

Declension of Siamese [masculine, weak]

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

Further reading

• “Siamese” in Duden online
• “Siamese” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache