Marshallese
/ˌmɑɹ.ʃəlˈiːz/adjective, noun
Marshallese is an adjective meaning “Of or pertaining to the Marshall Islands, its people, or its language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-A-R-S-H-A-L-L-E-S-E and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 21 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does Marshallese mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to the Marshall Islands, its people, or its language.
noun
- 1
An inhabitant of the Marshall Islands.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Marshallese?
- UK /ˌmɑː.ʃəˈliːz/
- US /ˌmɑɹ.ʃəlˈiːz/
Marshallese has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Marshallese.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is Marshallese?
Marshallese appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Marshallese in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or pertaining to the Marshall Islands, its people, or its language:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | marshallesisch |
| Portuguese | marshallês |
| Spanish | marshalés |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Marshallese come from?
From Marshall (“Marshall Islands”) + -ese.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).