La-tinh

Vietnamese

Etymology

French Latin, with a peculiar rendition of the French nasal vowel /ɛ̃/. Compare Phi-li-tinh (“Philistine”) and Cô-rinh-tô (“Corinth”). Compare Mandarin 拉丁 (Lādīng, Lạp Đinh), Hakka 拉丁 (Lâ-tên).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [laː˧˧ tïŋ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [laː˧˧ tɨn˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [laː˧˧ tɨn˧˧]
  • Phonetic spelling: la tinh

Adjective

La-tinh

  1. Latin
    tiếng La-tinh
    the Latin language
    Mĩ La-tinh
    Latin America
  2. (linguistics) Romance
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