Mi-chê

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from French Michée. The <ch> represents a postalveolar fricative [ʃ] in modern French, meaning this is partially an orthographic borrowing from French, used probably because <s> is already reserved for the French alveolar fricative [s].

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mi˧˧ t͡ɕe˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [mɪj˧˧ t͡ɕej˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [mɪj˧˧ cej˧˧]
  • Phonetic spelling: mi chê

Proper noun

Mi-chê

  1. (biblical, Protestantism) alternative form of Mi-kha (“Micah”)
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