Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 八度, composed of 八 (“eight”) and 度 (“degree”)
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːt̚˧˦ ʔɗo˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˦˧˥ ʔɗow˨˩ʔ]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˦˥ ʔɗow˨˩˨]
Noun
bát độ
- (music) octave [1]
- Synonym: quãng tám
References
- ^ Dinh-hoa Nguyen (1995) “bát độ”, in NTC's Vietnamese–English Dictionary, →ISBN, page 20