Definition of "Vietnamese"

Vietnamese

/ˌviː.ət.nəˈmiːz/

adjective
not comparable
1. Of or pertaining to Vietnam.
  Quotations
  As I rubbed my face, a middle-aged man gripped my neck, the way Vietnamese fathers or uncles often do when trying to pour their strength into you.
  2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 228
noun
countable and uncountable, plural Vietnamese
1. (countable, chiefly in the plural) A person/people from Vietnam or of Vietnamese descent.
  Quotations
  They were buried in a gravesite near Kai Tak, alongside other Vietnamese who hadn’t made it safely to shore.
  2023, Cecile Pin, Wandering Souls, 4th Estate, page 36
2. (uncountable) Vietnamese cuisine; traditional Vietnamese food.
proper noun
1. The Austroasiatic language spoken predominantly in Vietnam.
  Quotations
  The Vietnamese I own is the one you gave me, the one whose diction and syntax reach only the second-grade level.
  2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 31