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# burmese

«burmese» in Mova's school dictionary: **From or to do with Burma, now called Myanmar, a country…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) From or to do with Burma, now called Myanmar, a country in Southeast Asia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burmese/#m1)

2) The main language of Myanmar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burmese/#m2)

3) A person from Myanmar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burmese/#m3)

4) A breed of cat with short glossy brown fur. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burmese/#m4)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «burmese» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burmese/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.