đê
See also: đè, đe, đề, đế, đẻ, để, and đệ
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗe˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗej˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɗej˧˧]
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 堤.
Noun
(classifier con) đê
- (geology) dike
Derived terms
- đê điều
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French dé.
Noun
đê
- The name of the Latin-script letter Đ.
- The name of the Latin-script letter D.
Usage notes
The letters D and d take this name if they are not treated as alphabetic letters used to represent phonemes (/z/, /j/). For example, in geometry, "point D" is called "điểm đê".
Synonyms
- đờ (1)
- dê; dờ (2)
Particle
đê
- Eye dialect spelling of đi. (imperative sentence-ending particle)
- Thôi dẹp đê!
- Oh gimme break!