sinhalese

1. 1.

   of or relating to the Sinhalese languages

   “the Sinhalese versions of the Ramayana”

   SynonymsSinhalaSinghalese
2. 2.

   of or relating to the Sinhalese people

   “Sinhalese rebels fighting the Tamils”

   SynonymsSinghalese

Other forms of sinhalese

plural

sinhaleses·

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 sinhalese

What does sinhalese mean?

sinhalese means "a native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sinhalese?

sinhalese has 3 syllables: sin-ha-lese. The stress falls on "lese". In IPA it is /ˌsɪnəˈliz/.

What is another word for sinhalese?

Close synonyms include Singhalese, Singhalese, Sinhala, Sinhala, Singhalese. 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 sinhalese a common word?

sinhalese is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met 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 sinhalese?

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