đốc

See also: doc, DOC, Doc, and dốc

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 督 (“supervise, oversee, direct”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəwk͡p̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəwk͡p̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəwk͡p̚˦˥]

Noun

đốc

(only in compounds) headmaster, chief, doctor[1]

Derived terms

Derived terms

Cơ đốc (variant of Cơ Đốc, meaning Christ)
giám đốc (manager, director)
quản đốc (manager, supervisor)

tổng đốc (provincial chief)
đô đốc (admiral)

Verb

đốc

(only in compounds) prod, urge

References

Tuttle Compact Vietnamese-English Dictionary 9780804838719 p116 lists the individual meanings "headmaster, chief, doctor" for đốc 2n. before the compound nouns. However in practice đốc is rarely used as a stand-alone noun, and the correct Vietnamese for those terms is hiệu trưởng, giám đốc, and bác sĩ, respectively.

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