lô cốt
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Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French blockhaus; itself from German Blockhaus.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lo˧˧ kot̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [low˧˧ kok̚˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [low˧˧ kok̚˦˥]
Noun[edit]
lô cốt
- blockhouse
- (colloquial) barriers put up around construction sites, especially ones where construction takes a long time to finish or is inactive