đường sinh

Vietnamese

Etymology

đường (line) +‎ sinh (to give birth, to generate). Calque of English generatrix.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩ sïŋ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗɨəŋ˦˩ ʂɨn˧˧] ~ [ʔɗɨəŋ˦˩ sɨn˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩ ʂɨn˧˧] ~ [ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩ sɨn˧˧]

Noun

đường sinh

  1. (geometry) generatrix