mẫu số

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 母 (“mother”) and 數 (“number”). The notion of a "mother number" comes from 分母 (phân mẫu), a number before being split into discrete parts during division.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [məw˦ˀ˥ so˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [məw˧˨ ʂow˨˩˦] ~ [məw˧˨ sow˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [məw˨˩˦ ʂow˦˥] ~ [məw˨˩˦ sow˦˥]
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Noun

mẫu số

  1. (arithmetic) a denominator
    Synonym: mẫu

See also

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