Javanese

Ja·va·nese

noun \ˌja-və-ˈnēz, ˌjä-, -ˈnēs\

plural Javanese

Definition of JAVANESE

1

: a member of an Indonesian people inhabiting the island of Java

2

: an Austronesian language of the Javanese people

— Javanese adjective

Origin of JAVANESE

Java + -nese (as in Japanese)

First Known Use: 1704

Rhymes with JAVANESE

Ambonese, Androcles, Annamese, antifreeze, Assamese, Balinese, Bengalese, Bhutanese, Bolognese, Brooklynese, Cantonese, Cervantes, Ceylonese, Chersonese, Congolese, cottage cheese, diocese, expertise, Faeroese, federalese, fifth disease, Genovese, gourmandise, Hebrides, Heracles, Hercules, Hyades, ill at ease, in a breeze, Japanese, Johnsonese, journalese, Kanarese, legalese, litotes, manganese, Milanese, Nepalese, Nipponese, overseas, Pekingese, Pericles, Pleiades, Portuguese, Pyrenees, shoot the breeze, Siamese, Sienese, Silures, Sinhalese, Socrates, Sophocles, Sporades, to one's knees