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# burmese

adjective (Burmese); noun (Burmese, the language; a Burmese, Burmese people); noun (a Burmese cat)

«burmese» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. From or to do with Burma, now called Myanmar, a country in Southeast Asia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burmese/#m1)
2. The main language of Myanmar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burmese/#m2)
3. A person from Myanmar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burmese/#m3)
4. A breed of cat with short glossy brown fur. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burmese/#m4)

### In the lessons

In geography lessons, Burmese people live in Myanmar, a country with many Buddhist temples. Burmese pythons are large snakes from that region. At home, a Burmese is a friendly breed of cat.

### Examples

- Burmese is the main language of Myanmar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burmese/#x1)
- We visited a Burmese restaurant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burmese/#x2)
- A Burmese python is a very big snake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burmese/#x3)
- Our Burmese cat follows us everywhere. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burmese/#x4)
- Burma is now called Myanmar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burmese/#x5)
- The Burmese alphabet has round letters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burmese/#x6)

### Note

Always a capital B. Say «bur-MEEZ». The plural for people is also Burmese.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «burmese» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burmese/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«burmese» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/burmese.html) on Mova free.