tiếng Mĩ

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Vietnamese[edit]

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from tiếng Mỹ according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:About Vietnamese or recent spelling standards of the language.

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Etymology[edit]

tiếng (language) +‎ (America).

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Noun[edit]

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(classifier thứ) tiếng (㗂美)

  1. (chiefly US) English (the English language)
    nói giỏi tiếng Mỹto speak English fluently/skillfully
    • 1971: Nguyễn Trung Thành, Đất Quảng, vol. 1, p. 66 [1]
      Thằng Min nói bằng tiếng Mỹ rành rọt dứt khoát như ra lệnh...
      Min spoke in English, clearly and precisely, as if giving a command...
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:tiếng Mĩ.
  2. American English

Usage notes[edit]

The spelling tiếng Mĩ is rare – very rare in the sense of the English language in general. The spelling tiếng Mỹ is much more common, but Wiktionary's practice prefers this spelling.

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Adjective[edit]

tiếng

  1. (chiefly US) English (in the English language)

Usage notes[edit]

The spelling tiếng Mĩ is very rare. The spelling tiếng Mỹ is used instead.

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