hoa lơ trắng

Vietnamese

Etymology

hoa ("flower") + (prob. a phonetic borrowing from French fleur) + trắng ("white"); the word is probably derived from the French chou-fleur (cauliflower; literally "flower cabbage")

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hwaː˧˧ ləː˧˧ t͡ɕaŋ˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [hwaː˧˧ ləː˧˧ ʈaŋ˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [waː˧˧ ləː˧˧ ʈaŋ˦˥]

Noun

hoa trắng

  1. cauliflower

Synonyms