siamese

1. 1.

   of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its people

   “Siamese kings”

   “different Thai tribes live in the north”

   SynonymsThaiTai
2. 2.

   of or relating to the languages of the Thai people

   “Thai tones”

   SynonymsThaiTai
3. 3.

   of or relating to Thailand

   “the Thai border with Laos”

   SynonymsThaiTai

Other forms of siamese

plural

siameses·

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 siamese

What does siamese mean?

siamese means "a branch of the Tai languages". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in siamese?

siamese has 3 syllables: si-a-mese. The stress falls on "mese". In IPA it is /ˌsaɪəˈmiz/.

What is another word for siamese?

Close synonyms include Thai, Central Thai, Thai, Tai, siamese connection. 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 siamese a common word?

siamese is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with siamese?

3 words rhyme with siamese. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.