Vietnam
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Vietnamese Việt Nam. Extended senses come from the Vietnam War.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /(ˈ)vjɛtˈnɑːm/, /(ˈ)vjɛtˈnæm/, /(ˈ)viːətˈnɑːm/, /(ˈ)viːətˈnæm/
- (US) IPA(key): /(ˈ)vjɛtˈnɑm/, /(ˈ)vjɛtˈnæm/, /ˌvi.ətˈnɑm/, /ˌvi.ətˈnæm/
Audio (US) (file) - (US, rare, perhaps modeled on piece etc, or the South Vietnamese pronunciation) IPA(key): /(ˈ)vitˈnɑm/, /(ˈ)vitˈnæm/
- Rhymes: -ɑːm, -æm
Proper noun[edit]
Vietnam
- A country in Southeast Asia, on the east coast of the Indochina Peninsula, officially named Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
- Synonyms: (official name) Socialist Republic of Vietnam, (informal) Nam
- (chiefly US, colloquial) The Vietnam War.
- Synonym: (informal) Nam
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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Noun[edit]
Vietnam (plural Vietnams)
- A long and protracted war or conflict in which the dominating foreign occupier is unable to secure a victory.
- another Vietnam
- the Soviet Union's Vietnam (the 1979–89 occupation of Afghanistan)
- France's Vietnam (the Algerian War or First Indochina War)
- (US, slang) A place that is very dangerous, especially if afflicted by violence.
- 1992, “187um (Deep Cover Remix)”, in Deep Cover, performed by Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg:
- Welcome back to Vietnam, California.
- 1992, “Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat”, in The Chronic, Death Row Records, performed by Dr. Dre:
- Vietnam, California, back in and on a mission.
- (US, slang, by extension) A situation in which one cannot win.
- 1989, Michael Goodwin and Naomi Wise, On the Edge: The Life and Times of Francis Coppola, p. 195:
- Everyone was miserable, including Coppola. "It was my Vietnam," he moaned a few months later.
- 2011, “Judy is your Viet Nam”, performed by They Might Be Giants:
- Judy is the great deceiver / Judy is your Viet Nam
- 1989, Michael Goodwin and Naomi Wise, On the Edge: The Life and Times of Francis Coppola, p. 195:
See also[edit]
- Countries of the world
- (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
- Srebrenica, Chernobyl
Asturian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Proper noun[edit]
Vietnam m
Related terms[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /vi.ənˈnam/
- (Central) IPA(key): /bi.ənˈnam/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /vi.enˈnam/
Audio (Valencian) (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Vietnam m
Related terms[edit]
Central Huasteca Nahuatl[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Proper noun[edit]
Vietnam
Central Nahuatl[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Proper noun[edit]
Vietnam
Czech[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Vietnam m inan
Declension[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Vietnam in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- Vietnam in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Proper noun[edit]
Vietnam
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Vietnam n
Derived terms[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Proper noun[edit]
Vietnam
- Vietnam
- Vietnamin sosialistinen tasavalta ― Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Declension[edit]
Inflection of Vietnam (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Vietnam | — | |
genitive | Vietnamin | — | |
partitive | Vietnamia | — | |
illative | Vietnamiin | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Vietnam | — | |
accusative | nom. | Vietnam | — |
gen. | Vietnamin | ||
genitive | Vietnamin | — | |
partitive | Vietnamia | — | |
inessive | Vietnamissa | — | |
elative | Vietnamista | — | |
illative | Vietnamiin | — | |
adessive | Vietnamilla | — | |
ablative | Vietnamilta | — | |
allative | Vietnamille | — | |
essive | Vietnamina | — | |
translative | Vietnamiksi | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
abessive | Vietnamitta | — | |
comitative | — | — |
Possessive forms of Vietnam (type risti) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | Vietnamini | Vietnamimme |
2nd person | Vietnamisi | Vietnaminne |
3rd person | Vietnaminsa |
French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Vietnam m
- Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
Derived terms[edit]
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Proper noun[edit]
Vietnam m
Related terms[edit]
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /vi̯ɛtˈnam/, /-ˈnaːm/, [vjɛt-], [vi.ɛt-], [ʋ-]
- IPA(key): /virtˈnam/, [viɐ̯tˈnam] (colloquial variant; compare Serviette)
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -am, -aːm
Proper noun[edit]
Vietnam n (proper noun, genitive Vietnams or (optionally with an article) Vietnam, plural Vietnam)
- Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
- 2012, Otto Nigsch, Regierung und Gouvernance: Zur Geschichte der bestehenden Ordnung, page 102:
- Dieser zweite Teil der Genfer Erklärung sah auch vor, im Juli 1956 Wahlen zur Vereinigung der beiden Vietnam durchzuführen, doch wurde dieser Teil der Verträge nicht mehr unterschrieben.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 2014, Heino Caesar, Commander: Ein Bericht. Buch 3, page 180:
- Es war ein blau-gelb-grüner runder Fleck im dunklen Meer unter ihnen auf 17° Nordbreite, der noch existierenden Demarkationslinie zwischen den beiden Vietnam.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 2012, Otto Nigsch, Regierung und Gouvernance: Zur Geschichte der bestehenden Ordnung, page 102:
Usage notes[edit]
- The plural Vietnam refers to North Vietnam (German: Nordvietnam) and South Vietnam (German: Südvietnam).
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Vietnam
Declension[edit]
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Vietnam | Vietnamok |
accusative | Vietnamot | Vietnamokat |
dative | Vietnamnak | Vietnamoknak |
instrumental | Vietnammal | Vietnamokkal |
causal-final | Vietnamért | Vietnamokért |
translative | Vietnammá | Vietnamokká |
terminative | Vietnamig | Vietnamokig |
essive-formal | Vietnamként | Vietnamokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Vietnamban | Vietnamokban |
superessive | Vietnamon | Vietnamokon |
adessive | Vietnamnál | Vietnamoknál |
illative | Vietnamba | Vietnamokba |
sublative | Vietnamra | Vietnamokra |
allative | Vietnamhoz | Vietnamokhoz |
elative | Vietnamból | Vietnamokból |
delative | Vietnamról | Vietnamokról |
ablative | Vietnamtól | Vietnamoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Vietnamé | Vietnamoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Vietnaméi | Vietnamokéi |
Possessive forms of Vietnam | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Vietnamom | Vietnamjaim |
2nd person sing. | Vietnamod | Vietnamjaid |
3rd person sing. | Vietnamja | Vietnamjai |
1st person plural | Vietnamunk | Vietnamjaink |
2nd person plural | Vietnamotok | Vietnamjaitok |
3rd person plural | Vietnamjuk | Vietnamjaik |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ A magyar helyesírás szabályai, 12. kiadás (’The Rules of Hungarian Orthography, 12th edition’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2015. →ISBN
Further reading[edit]
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈvjɛt.nam/, (traditional) /vjetˈnam/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛtnam, (traditional) -am
- Hyphenation: Vièt‧nam, (traditional) Viet‧nàm
Proper noun[edit]
Vietnam m
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Vietnam in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Proper noun[edit]
Vietnam
Related terms[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Proper noun[edit]
Vietnam
Related terms[edit]
Scots[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English Vietnam, from Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Proper noun[edit]
Vietnam
Slovak[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Vietnam m (genitive singular Vietnamu, declension pattern of dub)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- Vietnamec m
- Vietnamka f
- vietnamský (adjective)
- vietnamsky (adverb)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Vietnam m
Related terms[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Proper noun[edit]
Vietnam n (genitive Vietnams)
Anagrams[edit]
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Proper noun[edit]
Vietnam
Derived terms[edit]
- Hungarian terms referencing the spelling regulation without specifying its section
- English terms borrowed from Vietnamese
- English terms derived from Vietnamese
- English 2-syllable words
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɑːm
- Rhymes:English/æm
- Rhymes:English/æm/3 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- en:Countries in Asia
- en:Countries
- American English
- English colloquialisms
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English slang
- English terms with quotations
- en:Vietnam
- Asturian terms derived from Vietnamese
- Asturian lemmas
- Asturian proper nouns
- Asturian masculine nouns
- ast:Countries
- Catalan terms derived from Vietnamese
- Catalan 3-syllable words
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan terms with audio links
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan proper nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- ca:Countries in Asia
- ca:Countries
- Central Huasteca Nahuatl terms derived from Vietnamese
- Central Huasteca Nahuatl lemmas
- Central Huasteca Nahuatl proper nouns
- nch:Countries in Asia
- nch:Countries
- Central Nahuatl terms derived from Vietnamese
- Central Nahuatl lemmas
- Central Nahuatl proper nouns
- nhn:Countries in Asia
- nhn:Countries
- Czech terms derived from Vietnamese
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech inanimate nouns
- cs:Countries in Asia
- Danish terms derived from Vietnamese
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- da:Countries
- Dutch terms derived from Vietnamese
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɑm
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Countries in Asia
- Finnish terms derived from Vietnamese
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish terms with usage examples
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- fi:Countries
- French terms borrowed from Vietnamese
- French terms derived from Vietnamese
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Countries in Asia
- fr:Countries
- Galician terms derived from Vietnamese
- Galician lemmas
- Galician proper nouns
- Galician masculine nouns
- gl:Countries
- German terms derived from Vietnamese
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- Rhymes:German/am
- Rhymes:German/am/2 syllables
- Rhymes:German/aːm
- Rhymes:German/aːm/2 syllables
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Countries in Asia
- de:Countries
- German terms with quotations
- de:Vietnam
- Hungarian terms derived from Vietnamese
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian terms with manual IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian non-lemma forms
- Hungarian misspellings
- Hungarian superseded forms
- Italian terms derived from Vietnamese
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛtnam
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛtnam/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Italian/am
- Rhymes:Italian/am/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Countries in Asia
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Vietnamese
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Countries
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Vietnamese
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- nn:Countries
- Scots terms borrowed from English
- Scots terms derived from English
- Scots terms derived from Vietnamese
- Scots lemmas
- Scots proper nouns
- Slovak terms derived from Vietnamese
- Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovak lemmas
- Slovak proper nouns
- Slovak masculine nouns
- sk:Countries in Asia
- sk:Countries
- Spanish terms derived from Vietnamese
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio links
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Countries in Asia
- Swedish terms derived from Vietnamese
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:Countries
- Turkish terms derived from Vietnamese
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish proper nouns
- tr:Countries in Asia