VOOZH about

URL: https://www.wordreference.com/definition/Sino-Tibetan

⇱ Sino-Tibetan - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

Sino-Tibetan

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sī′nō ti bet′n, sin′ō-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Si•no-Ti•bet•an  (sī′nō ti bet′n, sin′ō-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Language Varietiesa family of languages including esp. Burmese, Tibetan, and the various local languages and dialects whose speakers share literary Chinese as their standard language.
  • Sino- + Tibetan 1915–20

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Sino-Tibetan /ˈsaɪnəʊ-/ n
  1. a family of languages that includes most of the languages of China, as well as Tibetan, Burmese, and possibly Thai. Their most noticeable phonological characteristic is the phonemic use of tones
 adj
  1. belonging or relating to this family of languages
'Sino-Tibetan' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Forum discussions with the word(s) "Sino-Tibetan" in the title:


Look up "Sino-Tibetan" at Merriam-Webster
Look up "Sino-Tibetan" at dictionary.com
  • Go to Preferences page and choose from different actions for taps or mouse clicks.

In other languages: Spanish | French | Italian | Portuguese | Romanian | German | Dutch | Swedish | Russian | Polish | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic

Advertisements
Advertisements
Report an inappropriate ad.
WordReference.com
WORD OF THE DAY
GET THE DAILY EMAIL!
Become a WordReference Supporter to view the site ad-free.
Firefox users: use search shortcuts for the fastest search of WordReference.
Copyright © 2026 WordReference.com
Please report any problems.