Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A native or inhabitant of Thailand.
  • noun A member of a Tai-speaking people who constitute the predominant ethnic group of Thailand.
  • noun The language of the Tai family that is the official language of Thailand.
  • adjective Of or relating to Thailand or its peoples, languages, or cultures.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to the Thai language, a member of the Tai group of languages.
  • adjective Of or pertaining to Thailand or its people.
  • noun The language of Thailand (Siam); it is a member of the Tai group of languages.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun The main language spoken in Thailand (closely related to Lao).
  • noun A person living in or coming from Thailand.
  • noun A domestic cat breed.
  • adjective Referring to Thailand.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a native or inhabitant of Thailand
  • adjective of or relating to the languages of the Thai people
  • adjective of or relating to Thailand
  • noun a branch of the Tai languages
  • adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its people

Etymologies

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Thai ไทย (thai)

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Examples

  • You probably didn't see Ong-Bak 2, the prequel to spectacular 2003 film that introduced American audiences to muay thai, the Thai national martial art.

    Alex Remington: Ong-Bak 2: The Best Martial Arts Movie You Never Saw 2009

  • THAKSIN SINHAW.TRA, THAI PRIME MINISTER: ... to Thailand to express his sympathy and condolences to the Thai people, and also we feel very touched and grateful when the two presidents together, with President George W. Bush has been, we went to the Thai embassy in W.shington D.C. to sign the condolences book to express the condolences on the passing away of (UNINTELLIGIBLE) at that time.

    CNN Transcript Feb 19, 2005 2005

  • TONY CARNEY, THAI RESIDENT: There's a concept in Thailand in Thai culture, that doesn't even translate into the English language.

    CNN Transcript Jan 1, 2005 2005

  • And I just want to say, you know, (SPEAKING THAI) to all of the Thai people and the Ferengs for their generosity and the way people pulled together.

    CNN Transcript Dec 28, 2004 2004

  • TONY CARNEY, THAI RESIDENT: There's a concept in Thailand, in Thai culture, that doesn't even translate into the English language.

    CNN Transcript Dec 31, 2004 2004

  • On the idea of fully privatising THAI by increasing its funding, he said this was not a new issue as the airline had previously been listed in the Thai stock market.

    Bangkokpost.com : Breaking News 2010

  • PURE THAI SHOPHOUSE David and Vanida Bank, who own the Land Thai restaurants and Recipe, are serving the kind of food Thai families would sell from their homes.

    NYT > Home Page By FLORENCE FABRICANT 2010

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  • The name Thai Song, which in Thai translates to 'freedom' and 'emit', holds an important meaning to Fox.

    Daily Press 2010

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