đường sinh

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Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

đường (line) +‎ sinh (to give birth, to generate). Calque of English generatrix.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩ sïŋ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗɨəŋ˦˩ ʂɨn˧˧] ~ [ʔɗɨəŋ˦˩ sɨn˧˧] invalid IPA characters (][)
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩ ʂɨn˧˧] ~ [ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩ sɨn˧˧] invalid IPA characters (][)

Noun[edit]

đường sinh

  1. (geometry) generatrix