hmong

1. 1.

   of or related to the Hmong people or their language or their culture

Other forms of hmong

plural

hmongs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hmong

What does hmong mean?

hmong means "a people living traditionally in mountain villages in southern China and adjacent areas of Vietnam and Laos and Thailand; many have emigrated to the United States". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hmong?

hmong has 1 syllable: hmong. In IPA it is /ˈmɔŋ/.

What is another word for hmong?

Close synonyms include Miao, Hmong language, Miao. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hmong a common word?

hmong is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.