quả thể

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from (fruit) and (body), likely a calque from a European language.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kwaː˧˩ tʰe˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kwaː˧˨ tʰej˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [waː˨˩˦ tʰej˨˩˦]

Noun

quả thể

  1. (mycology) fruiting body/fruit body
    Synonym: thể quả