hoá thạch

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• hóa thạch, hóa-thạch

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 化石, composed of 化 (“to turn into”) and 石 (“stone”), from Japanese 化石 (kaseki, literally “petrification”), semantically equivalent to the semi-native phrase hoá đá (“to petrify”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hwaː˧˦ tʰajk̟̚˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [hwaː˨˩˦ tʰat̚˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [waː˦˥ tʰat̚˨˩˨]

Noun

hoá thạch

1. a fossil

Anagrams

• Thạch Hoá