con vật

Vietnamese

Etymology

con +‎ vật. Likely started out as a noun phrase, but has become lexicalized.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kɔn˧˧ vət̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kɔŋ˧˧ vək̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kɔŋ˧˧ vək̚˨˩˨] ~ [kɔŋ˧˧ jək̚˨˩˨]

Noun

con vật

  1. (colloquial) an animal