guineense

Latin

Adjective

guineēnse

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of guineēnsis

Portuguese

Etymology

From Guiné +‎ -ense.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡi.neˈẽ.si/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡi.neˈẽ.si/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡi.neˈẽ.se/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡiˈnjẽ.sɨ/

Adjective

guineense m or f (plural guineenses)

1. Bissau-Guinean (of or relating to Guinea-Bissau)
2. (rare, somewhat proscribed) Guinean (of or relating to Guinea-Conakry)

   Synonym: guineano

3. (rare, proscribed) Equatoguinean (of or relating to Equatorial Guinea)

   Synonym: equato-guineense (prescribed)

Noun

guineense m or f by sense (plural guineenses)

1. Bissau-Guinean (someone or something from Guinea-Bissau)
2. (rare, somewhat proscribed) Guinean (someone or something from Guinea-Conakry)

   Synonym: guineano

3. (rare, proscribed) Equatoguinean (someone or something from Equatorial Guinea)

   Synonym: equato-guineense (prescribed)

Noun

guineense m (uncountable)

1. Guinea-Bissau Creole (a Portuguese-based creole spoken in Guinea-Bissau)

   Synonym: crioulo guineense

2. (informal, proscribed) Guinean Portuguese (the variety of Portuguese, based on standard European Portuguese, spoken in Guinea-Bissau)

Further reading

• “guineense”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “guineense”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025