Sinhalese

Sin·ha·lese

noun
\ˌsiŋ-gə-ˈlēz, ˌsin-(h)ə-, -ˈlēs\

plural Sinhalese or Singhalese

Definition of SINHALESE

1

: a member of a people that inhabit Sri Lanka and form a major part of its population

2

: the Indo-Aryan language of the Sinhalese people

— Sinhalese or Sin·ghalese adjective

Variants of SINHALESE

Sin·ha·lese or Sin·gha·lese \ˌsiŋ-gə-ˈlēz, ˌsin-(h)ə-, -ˈlēs\

First Known Use of SINHALESE

1598

Rhymes with SINHALESE

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, Javanese, Johnsonese, journalese, Kanarese, legalese, litotes, manganese, Milanese, Nepalese, Nipponese, overseas, Pekingese, Pericles, Pleiades, Portuguese, Pyrenees, shoot the breeze, Siamese, Sienese, Silures, Socrates, Sophocles, Sporades, to one's knees