tibetan

1. 1.

   Himalayish language spoken in Tibet

   BroaderHimalayish
2. 2.

   a native or inhabitant of Tibet

   BroaderAsian

1. 1.

   of or relating to or characteristic of Tibet or its people or their language

   “Tibetan monks”

Other forms of tibetan

plural

tibetans·

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 tibetan

What does tibetan mean?

tibetan means "Himalayish language spoken in Tibet". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tibetan?

tibetan has 3 syllables: ti-bet-an. The stress falls on "bet". In IPA it is /tɪˈbɛtən/.

Is tibetan a common word?

tibetan 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.