lô cốt

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from French blockhaus; itself from German Blockhaus.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lo˧˧ kot̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [low˧˧ kok̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [low˧˧ kok̚˦˥]
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Noun

lô cốt

  1. blockhouse
  2. (colloquial) barriers put up around construction sites, especially ones where construction takes a long time to finish or is inactive
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