Vietnam – Wiktionary

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Nội Dung Chính

English[edit]

VietnamEnglish Wikipedia has an article on :Wikipedia

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Vietnamese Việt Nam. Extended senses come from the Vietnam War.

Pronunciation[edit]

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    UK) IPA(key): / ( ˈ ) vjɛtˈnɑːm /, / ( ˈ ) vjɛtˈnæm /, / ( ˈ ) viːətˈnɑːm /, / ( ˈ ) viːətˈnæm /

  • (US) IPA(key): / ( ˈ ) vjɛtˈnɑm /, / ( ˈ ) vjɛtˈnæm /, / ˌvi. ətˈnɑm /, / ˌvi. ətˈnæm /
  • (US, rare, perhaps modeled on piece etc, or the South Vietnamese pronunciationrare, perhaps modeled onetc, or the South Vietnamese pronunciation) IPA(key): / ( ˈ ) vitˈnɑm /, / ( ˈ ) vitˈnæm /
  • Rhymes: – ɑːm, – æm

Proper noun[edit]

Vietnam

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Noun[edit]

Vietnam (plural Vietnams)

  1. A long war which a dominating foreign occupier of a place (the site of the war) cannot win.
    another Vietnam
    the Soviet Union’s Vietnam (the 1979–89 occupation of Afghanistan)
    France’s Vietnam (the Algerian War or First Indochina War)
  2. (US, slang) A place that is very dangerous, especially if afflicted by violence.
    • 1992, “187um (Deep Cover Remix)”, in Deep Cover, performed by, “ 187 um ( Deep Cover Remix ) ”, in, performed by Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg

      Welcome back to Vietnam, California.

    • 1992, “Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat”, in The Chronic, Death Row Records, performed by, “ Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat ”, in, Death Row Records, performed by Dr. Dre

      Vietnam, California, back in and on a mission.

  3. (US, slang, by extensionby extension) A situation in which one cannot win.
    • 1989, Michael Goodwin and Naomi Wise, On the Edge: The Life and Times of Francis Coppola, p. 195:
      Everyone was miserable, including Coppola. “It was my Vietnam,” he moaned a few months later.
    • 2011, “Judy is your Viet Nam”, performed by, “ Judy is your Viet Nam ”, performed by They Might Be Giants

      Judy is the great deceiver / Judy is your Viet Nam

See also[edit]

Asturian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

Proper noun[edit]

Vietnam m

Related terms[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): / vi. ənˈnam /
  • (Central) IPA(key): / bi. ənˈnam /
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): / vi. enˈnam /

Proper noun[edit]

Vietnam m

Related terms[edit]

Central Huasteca Nahuatl[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

Proper noun[edit]

Vietnam

Central Nahuatl[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

Proper noun[edit]

Vietnam

Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Vietnam m inan

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Vietnam in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • Vietnam in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

Proper noun[edit]

Vietnam

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Vietnam n

Derived terms[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

Proper noun[edit]

Vietnam

Declension[edit]

Inflection of Vietnam (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative

Vietnam

genitive Vietnamin
partitive Vietnamia
illative Vietnamiin
singular plural
nominative

Vietnam

accusative nom.

Vietnam

gen. Vietnamin
genitive Vietnamin
partitive Vietnamia
inessive Vietnamissa
elative Vietnamista
illative Vietnamiin
adessive Vietnamilla
ablative Vietnamilta
allative Vietnamille
essive Vietnamina
translative Vietnamiksi
instructive
abessive Vietnamitta
comitative
Possessive forms of Vietnam (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person Vietnamini Vietnamimme
2nd person Vietnamisi Vietnaminne
3rd person Vietnaminsa

French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • Viêt Nam
  • (rare or obsolete) Viet Nam

Etymology[edit]

From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Vietnam m

Derived terms[edit]

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

Proper noun[edit]

Vietnam m

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): / vi ̯ ɛtˈnam /, / – ˈnaːm /, [ vjɛt – ], [ vi. ɛt – ], [ ʋ – ]
  • IPA(key): / virtˈnam /, [ viɐ ̯ tˈnam ] (Serviettecolloquial variant ; compare)
  • Rhymes: – am, – aːm

Proper noun[edit]

Vietnam n (proper noun, genitive Vietnams or (optionally with an article) Vietnam, plural Vietnam)

  1. VietnamSoutheast Asia
    • 2012, Otto Nigsch, Regierung und Gouvernance: Zur Geschichte der bestehenden Ordnung, page 102:

      Dieser zweite Teil der Genfer Erklärung sah auch vor, im Juli 1956 Wahlen zur Vereinigung der beiden Vietnam durchzuführen, doch wurde dieser Teil der Verträge nicht mehr unterschrieben.

      (please add an English translation of this quote)
    • 2014, Heino Caesar, Commander: Ein Bericht. Buch 3, page 180:

      Es war ein blau-gelb-grüner runder Fleck im dunklen Meer unter ihnen auf 17° Nordbreite, der noch existierenden Demarkationslinie zwischen den beiden Vietnam.

      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Usage notes[edit]

  • The plural Vietnam refers to North Vietnam (German: Nordvietnam) and South Vietnam (German: Südvietnam).

Declension[edit]

singular plural
def. noun def. noun
nominative das

Vietnam

die

Vietnam

genitive des Vietnams

Vietnam

1

der

Vietnam

dative dem

Vietnam

den

Vietnam

accusative das

Vietnam

die

Vietnam

1O ptionally with an article .

Derived terms[edit]

  • Nordvietnamn
  • Südvietnamn
  • vietnamesisch
  • Vietnamesem

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Vietnam

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative

Vietnam

Vietnamok
accusative Vietnamot Vietnamokat
dative Vietnamnak Vietnamoknak
instrumental Vietnammal Vietnamokkal
causal-final Vietnamért Vietnamokért
translative Vietnammá Vietnamokká
terminative Vietnamig Vietnamokig
essive-formal Vietnamként Vietnamokként
essive-modal
inessive Vietnamban Vietnamokban
superessive Vietnamon Vietnamokon
adessive Vietnamnál Vietnamoknál
illative Vietnamba Vietnamokba
sublative Vietnamra Vietnamokra
allative Vietnamhoz Vietnamokhoz
elative Vietnamból Vietnamokból
delative Vietnamról Vietnamokról
ablative Vietnamtól Vietnamoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular
Vietnamé Vietnamoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
Vietnaméi Vietnamokéi
Possessive forms of Vietnam
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Vietnamom Vietnamjaim
2nd person sing. Vietnamod Vietnamjaid
3rd person sing. Vietnamja Vietnamjai
1st person plural Vietnamunk Vietnamjaink
2nd person plural Vietnamotok Vietnamjaitok
3rd person plural Vietnamjuk Vietnamjaik

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Vietnam m

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

Proper noun[edit]

Vietnam

Related terms[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

VietnamNorwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on :Wikipedia nn

Etymology[edit]

From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

Proper noun[edit]

Vietnam

Related terms[edit]

Scots[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English Vietnam, from Vietnamese Việt Nam.

Proper noun[edit]

Vietnam

Slovak[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Vietnamese Việt Nam.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Vietnam m (genitive Vietnamu, declension pattern of dub)

Declension[edit]

singulare tantum
nominative

Vietnam

genitive Vietnamu
dative Vietnamu
accusative

Vietnam

locative Vietname
instrumental Vietnamom

Derived terms[edit]

  • Vietnamecm
  • Vietnamkaf
  • vietnamský(adjective)
  • vietnamsky(adverb)

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): / bjedˈnam /, [ bjeð ̞ ˈnãm ]

Proper noun[edit]

Vietnam m

Related terms[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

Proper noun[edit]

Vietnam n (genitive Vietnams)

Anagrams[edit]

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vietnamese Việt Nam.

Proper noun[edit]

Vietnam

Derived terms[edit]