bát độ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 八度, composed of (eight) and (degree)

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːt̚˧˦ ʔɗo˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˦˧˥ ʔɗow˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˦˥ ʔɗow˨˩˨]

Noun

bát độ

  1. (music) octave [1]
    Synonym: quãng tám

References

  1. ^ Dinh-hoa Nguyen (1995) “bát độ”, in NTC's Vietnamese–English Dictionary, →ISBN, page 20