Sundanese

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sun′də nēz′, -nēs′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Sun•da•nese  (sun′də nēz′, -nēs′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -nese, adj. 
n. 
  1. Language Varietiesa member of a people of western Java.
  2. Language Varietiesthe Austronesian language of the Sundanese.

adj. 
  1. Language Varietiesof or pertaining to the Sunda Islands, the Sundanese, or their language.
  • Sunda (Islands) + -n- (as in Japanese, Javanese, etc.) + -ese 1875–80

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