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Viennese

American  
[vee-uh-neez, -nees] / ˌvi əˈniz, -ˈnis /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Vienna.

    a Viennese waltz; a Viennese caf é.


noun

Viennese plural
  1. a native or inhabitant of Vienna.

Viennese British  
/ ˌvɪəˈniːz /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Vienna

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Vienna

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

Etymology

Origin of Viennese

First recorded in 1830–40; Vienn(a) + -ese

Example Sentences

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“When you walk in, you feel like you’ve entered a different time and world, from the 1915 Viennese lights to the cafe tables,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

He mentioned another guy, who is now in my prologue, Georg Ritter von Schönerer, a Viennese aristocrat who was inspirational to Hitler at a given moment in Hitler’s youth.

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2026

In the film, Huppert's countess character returns to life in a scarlet red funeral barge sailing into in the Seegrotte, an underground Viennese lake popular with tourists.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Opera’s costume shop, summon the spectacular opulence of this music-obsessed Viennese world.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

Later on, when she found out that Arcadio had not only built a house but had ordered some Viennese furniture, she confirmed her suspicion that he was using public funds.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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