Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to Tahiti or its people, language, or culture.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Tahiti.
- noun A person of Tahitian ancestry.
- noun The Polynesian language of Tahiti.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to or inhabiting Tahiti, the largest of the Society Islands in the South Pacific, now belonging to France. Also
Otaheitan . - noun One of the native inhabitants of Tahiti, who constitute a typical branch of the Polynesian race.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Tahiti, an island in the Pacific Ocean.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
native orinhabitant ofTahiti . - proper noun The
Polynesian language of Tahiti. - adjective Of, or relating to Tahiti, or to its people or language.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a native or inhabitant of Tahiti
- noun the Oceanic language spoken on Tahiti
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the island of Tahiti or its residents or their language and culture
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Examples
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"It looks like old Dupuy's schooner," Grief said, in Tahitian, speaking in a low voice.
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I can tell you from regular side by side sniffings of my steeping homemade extracts that the Tahitian is fruitier and sharper while the Bourbon is more mellow and caramel-like.
Archive 2008-01-01 Laura 2008
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I can tell you from regular side by side sniffings of my steeping homemade extracts that the Tahitian is fruitier and sharper while the Bourbon is more mellow and caramel-like.
Slow Cooked Chicken & The Amazing Aroma of Vanilla Laura 2008
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"It looks like old Dupuy's schooner," Grief said, in Tahitian, speaking in a low voice.
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"Don't tell them who I am," Grief said, in Tahitian.
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"Don't tell them who I am," Grief said, in Tahitian.
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Evoa spoke only Tahitian, which is the same tongue as that spoken in
Mystic Isles of the South Seas. Frederick O'Brien 1900
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"We use a special blend of organic coffees from all over the world (Ethiopia, Peru, Colombia and Mexico), mixed with complementing ingredients such as Tahitian vanilla, European chocolate, organic milk, and pure cane sugar.
Jay Weston: Wolfgang Puck's Iced Coffee: A Heavenly Glass of Iced Joe! 2010
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He cycled through 50 recipes before perfecting the Tahitian vanilla.
The Self-Taught Mad Genius of Gelato Alexandra Alter 2011
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The viewer is challenged to see paintings that represent the familiar but distorted view of Gauguin, such as "Two Tahitian Women," from 1899, in the context of work that shows a far darker view of paradise.
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