đệ nhất

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 第一 (“first”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗe˧˨ʔ ɲət̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗej˨˩ʔ ɲək̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗej˨˩˨ ɲək̚˦˥]

Adjective

đệ nhất

  1. first

Usage notes

  • Used in titles of monarch, for example Elizabeth Đệ nhất ("Elizabeth the 1st").
  • Otherwise, mostly found in compounds and fixed expressions, the normal words for "first" (as in "first person" or "first day") are thứ nhất and đầu tiên.

Derived terms

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