hoá thạch

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 化石, composed of 化 (“to turn into”) and 石 (“stone”), from Japanese 化石 (kaseki, literally “petrification”), semantically equivalent to the semi-native phrase hoá đá (“to petrify”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hwaː˧˦ tʰajk̟̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [hwaː˨˩˦ tʰat̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [waː˦˥ tʰat̚˨˩˨]

Noun

hoá thạch

  1. a fossil

Anagrams

  • Thạch Hoá
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