đốc

đốc

See also: doc, DOC, Doc, and dốc

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 督 (“supervise, oversee, direct”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəwk͡p̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəwk͡p̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəwk͡p̚˦˥]

Noun

đốc

1. (only in compounds) headmaster, chief, doctor[1]

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Cơ đốc (variant of Cơ Đốc, meaning Christ)
• giám đốc (manager, director)
• quản đốc (manager, supervisor)

• tổng đốc (provincial chief)
• đô đốc (admiral)

Verb

đốc

1. (only in compounds) prod, urge

References

1. Tuttle Compact Vietnamese-English Dictionary 9780804838719 p116 lists the individual meanings "headmaster, chief, doctor" for đốc 2n. before the compound nouns. However in practice đốc is rarely used as a stand-alone noun, and the correct Vietnamese for those terms is hiệu trưởng, giám đốc, and bác sĩ, respectively.