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Catalan
Etymology
From Pequín + -ès.
Pronunciation
Adjective
pequinès (feminine pequinesa, masculine plural pequinesos, feminine plural pequineses)
- of, from or relating to the city of Beijing, capital of China
Noun
pequinès m (plural pequinesos, feminine pequinesa)
- Beijinger (native or inhabitant of the city of Beijing, capital of China) (usually male)
Noun
pequinès m (plural pequinesos)
- Pekingese (a small toy dog from China)
Further reading
- “pequinès”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
- “pequinès”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “pequinès” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “pequinès” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.