Việt
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 越.
Proper noun
Adjective
- (historical) of Yue origin
- (linguistics) Vietic
- (slightly literary) pertaining to Vietnam or its people; bearing Vietnamese characteristics, nationality or citizenship; Vietnamese
- (rare, of a person) Synonym of Kinh (“ethnically Vietnamese, as opposed to other ethnic groups in Vietnam”)
Derived terms
- Bách Việt (“Baiyue”)
- Nam Việt (“Nanyue”)
- người Việt (“Yue people, usually refers to Vietnamese people”)
- tiếng Việt (“Vietnamese language”)
- thuần Việt (“native to Vietnam”)
- Hán Việt (“Sino-Vietnamese”)
- Việt kiều (“overseas Vietnamese people”)
- Việt Nam (“Vietnam”)
- Việt cộng (“Vietcong”)
Descendants
- English: Vietic
- French: viétique
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 粵.
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