Singaporean

English

Etymology

From Singapore +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɪŋ(ɡ)əˈpɔːɹi.ən/

Adjective

Singaporean (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Singapore or its people or language.
   • 2020, Chan Joon Yee, Not Quite Over The Hill: Swinging My Way to 60 and Beyond, Dewdrop Books:

     Typical Singaporean lunch bento wolved down in 5 minutes

Synonyms

• S'porean

Derived terms

• Singaporean English
• Singaporeanization
• Singaporeanize
• S'porean

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Singapore

• Afrikaans: Singapoerees, Singapoers
• Arabic: سِنْغَافُورِيّ (sinḡāfūriyy)
• Bulgarian: сингапурски (singapurski)
• Catalan: singapurès
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新加坡的 (Xīnjiāpō de)

• Czech: singapurský (cs)
• Danish: singaporeansk
• Dutch: Singaporees (nl)
• Finnish: singaporelainen (fi)
• French: singapourien (fr)
• German: singapurisch (de)
• Hungarian: szingapúri (hu)
• Irish: Singeapórach
• Italian: singaporiano
• Japanese: シンガポールの (ja) (Shingapōru-no)
• Malay: Singapura (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: singaporsk

  Nynorsk: singaporsk (nn)

• Polish: singapurski (pl)
• Portuguese: singapuriano (pt) (Portugal), cingapuriano (Brazil), singapurense (Portugal), cingapurense (Brazil)
• Romanian: singaporez
• Russian: сингапу́рский (ru) (singapúrskij)
• Spanish: singapurense (es)
• Swedish: singaporiansk (sv)

Noun

Singaporean (plural Singaporeans)

1. A person from Singapore or of Singaporean descent.
   • 1996 June 23, Magdalene Lum, The Straits Times:

     Many Singaporeans have fond memories of eating chilli crabs and cockles at its Upper East Coast Road premises, not far from the old Bedok Road, as recently as the early ‘ 80s.

   • 2009, Beatrice Donofrio, 1000+ Indigenous Tasty Cusine of 23 Asian Countries-Comes with Food for Thought, page 565:

     Chili Crabs or Lobster: This is a popular dish amongst Singaporeans. It is also a common feature in the menus of famous seafood restaurants (along East Coast and Punggol).

Synonyms

• S'porean

Derived terms

• S'porean

Translations

a person from Singapore

• Afrikaans: Singapoerees
• Arabic: سِنْغَافُورِيّ m (sinḡāfūriyy), سِنْغَافُورِيَّة f (sinḡāfūriyya)
• Catalan: singapurès m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新加坡人 (zh) (Xīnjiāpō-rén)

• Czech: Singapurec (cs) m, Singapuřan (cs) m, Singapurka (cs) f
• Danish: singaporeaner
• Dutch: Singaporees (nl) m, Singaporese (nl) f
• Esperanto: singapurano (man or woman), singapuranino (woman)
• Finnish: singaporelainen (fi)
• French: Singapourien (fr) m, Singapourienne (fr) f
• German: Singapurer (de) m, Singapurerin (de) f
• Hungarian: szingapúri (hu)
• Irish: Singeapórach m
• Japanese: シンガポール人 (Shingapōru-jin), 新嘉坡人 (Shingapōru-jin)
• Korean: 싱가포르인 (singgaporeu'in)
• Latvian: singapūrietis m, singapūriete f
• Lithuanian: singapūrietis (lt) m, singapūrietė (lt) f
• Malay: orang Singapura
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: singaporer m

  Nynorsk: singaporar (nn) m

• Polish: Singapurczyk (pl) m, Singapurka (pl) f
• Portuguese: singapuriano (pt) m (Portugal), cingapuriano m (Brazil)
• Romanian: singaporez m, singaporeză f
• Russian: сингапу́рец (ru) m (singapúrec), сингапу́рка (ru) f (singapúrka)
• Spanish: singapurense (es) m or f
• Swedish: singaporian (sv) c
• Turkish: Singapurlu (tr)