Siamese

Siamese

See also: siamese

English

Etymology

Siam +‎ -ese

Adjective

Siamese (comparative more Siamese, superlative most Siamese)

1. Of, or relating to Siam; Thai.
   • 1943 July and August, T. Lovatt Williams, “Some Reminiscences of the Footplate—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 235:

     I remember one such occasion when a Siamese pupil had fired the train from Lime Street, and so complimentary were the Chief's remarks on the condition of the fire that we found our young Siamese friend difficult to live with for about a week afterwards!

2. Of a connection of tubes or hoses: shaped like the letter Y.

Related terms

• Siamese cat
• Siamese fighting fish
• Siamese twin
• Siamese joint

Translations

Thai

Catalan: siamès Chinese: Mandarin: 暹羅／暹罗 (zh) (xiānluó) Danish: siamesisk, thailandsk Finnish: siamilainen (fi) French: siamois (fr) m German: siamesisch (de) Hungarian: sziámi (hu) Italian: siamese m or f Khmer: សៀម (km) (siem) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: siyamî m or f Latin: siamensis Manx: Seeamagh Persian: سیامی‎ (fa) (siámi) Polish: syjamski (pl) Portuguese: siamês (pt) Russian: сиа́мский (ru) (siámskij) Spanish: siamés Swedish: siamesisk (sv) Tagalog: Siyames

Proper noun

Siamese

1. The Thai language.

Translations

Thai language

Chinese: Mandarin: 暹羅語／暹罗语 (zh) (xiānluóyǔ) Danish: thailandsk, siamesisk Finnish: siam, siamin kieli German: Siamesisch n Italian: siamese m Khmer: សៀម (km) (siem) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: siyamî f Swedish: siamesiska (sv) c Vietnamese: Xiêm

Noun

Siamese (plural Siameses or Siamese)

1. (plural "Siameses") A Siamese cat.
2. (historical, plural "Siamese" or "Siameses") An inhabitant of Siam.
3. (plural "Siameses") A connection of tubes or hoses shaped like a letter Y.

Translations

Siamese cat

Dutch: siamees (nl) Finnish: siamilainen (fi), siaminkissa German: Siamkatze f Italian: siamese m or f Khmer: សៀម (km) (siem) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: siyamî f Swedish: siames (sv) c, siameskatt c

Siam inhabitant

Danish: siameser c, thailænder c Esperanto: siamano (man or woman), siamanino (woman) Finnish: siamilainen (fi) French: Siamois (fr) m, Siamoise f German: Siamese m, Siamesin f Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: siyamî m or f

Anagrams

• Amieses

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Dutch

Adjective

Siamese

1. Inflected form of Siamees

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zi̯aˈmezə]
• Hyphenation: Si‧a‧me‧se

Noun

Siamese m (weak, genitive Siamesen, plural Siamesen, feminine Siamesin)

1. Siamese (An inhabitant of Siam.)

Declension

Declension of Siamese [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Siamese	die	Siamesen
genitive	eines	des	Siamesen	der	Siamesen
dative	einem	dem	Siamesen	den	Siamesen
accusative	einen	den	Siamesen	die	Siamesen

Further reading

• “Siamese” in Duden online
• “Siamese” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache