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

genitiveVietnamin
partitiveVietnamia
illativeVietnamiin
singularplural
nominative

Vietnam

accusativenom.

Vietnam

gen.Vietnamin
genitiveVietnamin
partitiveVietnamia
inessiveVietnamissa
elativeVietnamista
illativeVietnamiin
adessiveVietnamilla
ablativeVietnamilta
allativeVietnamille
essiveVietnamina
translativeVietnamiksi
instructive
abessiveVietnamitta
comitative
Possessive forms of Vietnam (type risti)
possessorsingularplural
1st personVietnaminiVietnamimme
2nd personVietnamisiVietnaminne
3rd personVietnaminsa

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

Related terms[edit]

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]

singularplural
def.noundef.noun
nominativedas

Vietnam

die

Vietnam

genitivedesVietnams

Vietnam

1

der

Vietnam

dativedem

Vietnam

den

Vietnam

accusativedas

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)
singularplural
nominative

Vietnam

Vietnamok
accusativeVietnamotVietnamokat
dativeVietnamnakVietnamoknak
instrumentalVietnammalVietnamokkal
causal-finalVietnamértVietnamokért
translativeVietnammáVietnamokká
terminativeVietnamigVietnamokig
essive-formalVietnamkéntVietnamokként
essive-modal
inessiveVietnambanVietnamokban
superessiveVietnamonVietnamokon
adessiveVietnamnálVietnamoknál
illativeVietnambaVietnamokba
sublativeVietnamraVietnamokra
allativeVietnamhozVietnamokhoz
elativeVietnambólVietnamokból
delativeVietnamrólVietnamokról
ablativeVietnamtólVietnamoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular
VietnaméVietnamoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
VietnaméiVietnamokéi
Possessive forms of Vietnam
possessorsingle possessionmultiple possessions
1st person sing.VietnamomVietnamjaim
2nd person sing.VietnamodVietnamjaid
3rd person sing.VietnamjaVietnamjai
1st person pluralVietnamunkVietnamjaink
2nd person pluralVietnamotokVietnamjaitok
3rd person pluralVietnamjukVietnamjaik

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

genitiveVietnamu
dativeVietnamu
accusative

Vietnam

locativeVietname
instrumentalVietnamom

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]