Singlish

See also: singlish

English

Etymology 1

Blend of Singaporean +‎ English

Noun

Singlish (uncountable)

1. (Singapore, linguistics) A highly colloquial or basilectal variety of Singapore English incorporating much Hokkien and Malay lexis.

Hypernyms

• English

Coordinate terms

• Singaporean

Related terms

• Singaporean English
• Singapore English

 

Translations

English-based creole used in Singapore

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 星式英文 (sing¹ sik¹ jing¹ man^4-2)

  Mandarin: 新加坡英語／新加坡英语 (Xīnjiāpō Yīngyǔ), 星式英語／星式英语 (Xīngshì Yīngyǔ), 新加坡式英語／新加坡式英语 (Xīnjiāpōshì Yīngyǔ)

• Finnish: singlish
• French: singlish (fr) m
• Marathi: सिंगलिश f (siṅgliś)

Etymology 2

Blend of Sinhala +‎ English, or, Sri Lanka +‎ English

Noun

Singlish (uncountable)

1. (Sri Lanka, linguistics) Any of various varieties of English spoken in Sri Lanka.

Hypernyms

• South Asian English
• English

Coordinate terms

• Sri Lankan
• Sinhalese
• Ceylonese

Related terms

• Ceylon English
• Ceylonese English
• Sinhala English
• Sinhalese English
• Sri Lanka English
• Sri Lankan English

 

References

• “Singlish”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• slishing