cũ

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kum/, [kʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kum/, [kum]

Preposition

cũ (+ ablative)

1. Alternative form of cum
   • 1537, Guy de Chauliac, Joannes Baptistia Cortesius, Chirurgia Guidonis de Cauliaco […]‎^[1], Messanæ, page 73:

     Aut cũ gargariſmis maturatiuis & apertiuis:vt eſt decoctio ficuum dactilorũ fenugreci addendo fermentum.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 古 (“old”, SV: cổ).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ku˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʊw˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʊw˨˩˦]

Adjective

cũ • (𫇰, 𪡻)

1. (of an object) old; ancient
2. (of an object) secondhand (not new; previously owned and used by another)
3. (of a geographic place) former

   Liên Xô cũ

   Former Soviet Union

   Nam Tư cũ

   Former Yugoslavia

4. (of a spouse or lover) former; ex-

   người yêu/người tình/bồ/bạn trai/bạn gái cũ

   ex-lover/boyfriend/girlfriend

   chồng/vợ cũ

   ex-husband/wife

Derived terms

Derived terms

• cũ kĩ (từ láy)

 

See also

• già
• lão