thô

See also: þos, Thos., and Appendix:Variations of "tho"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðoʊ/
• Rhymes: -oʊ

Conjunction

thô

1. (telegraph) Abbreviation of though.
   • a. 1720, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, [Letter]; republished as The Complete Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: 1708-1720, Oxford University Press, 1965, page 357:

     The whole shew lasted near 8 hours, to my great sorrow, who was heartily tir’d, thô I was in the House of the Widow of the Capitan Bassa (Admiral), who refresh’d me with Coffée, Sweetmeats, Sherbet, etc., with all possible Civillity.

Anagrams

• -oth, HOT, OTH, hot, o'th', oth

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Muong

Etymology

From Chinese 鬚 (MC sju). Cognate with Vietnamese râu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰo¹/

Noun

thô

1. (Mường Bi) beard; whiskers

References

• Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary)‎^[1], Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 粗.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰo˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰow˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰow˧˧]

Adjective

thô

1. coarse, husky
2. crude

See also

Derived terms

• thô bạo
• thô bỉ
• thô lỗ
• thô mộc
• thô ráp
• thô sơ
• thô thiển