dấu trăng

Vietnamese

Etymology

dấu (“mark”) +‎ trăng (“moon”)

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zəw˧˦ t͡ɕaŋ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jəw˨˩˦ ʈaŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [jəw˦˥ ʈaŋ˧˧]

Noun

dấu trăng

1. (typography) breve (semicircular diacritical mark)

Usage note

In Vietnamese orthography, the breve is usually considered to be not a diacritic in its own right but rather a typographic element of the letter Ă and historically Ŏ.

Synonyms

• (breve): dấu mũ ngược

Coordinate terms

• (breve): dấu móc, dấu mũ, dấu sóng (historical)