tonquinês
Portuguese, noun/tõ.kiˈne(j)s/
tonquinês is spelled T-O-N-Q-U-I-N-Ê-S (9 letters). Tonquinês is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Tonkinese (person from Tonkin)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “habitante ou natural de Tonquim”.
What does tonquinês mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Tonkinese (of or relating to Tonkin)
noun
- 1
masculineTonkinese (person from Tonkin)
- 2
masculineTonkinese (a cat breed)
- 3
masculineTonkinese (the Vietnamese dialect spoken in Tonkin)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. de ou relativo a Tonquim, região do Vietnã
noun: 1. habitante ou natural de Tonquim
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tonquinês
- tonquinesa feminine
- tonquineses masculine plural
- tonquinesas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tonquinês?
- Brazil /tõ.kiˈne(j)s/
- Brazil [tõ.kiˈne(ɪ̯)s]
- /tõ.kiˈne(j)ʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tonquinês
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.