Biển Đức

Vietnamese

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Portuguese Bento or Latin Benedictus. Cognate with English Benedict.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓiən˧˩ ʔɗɨk̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˧˨ ʔɗɨk̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˨˩˦ ʔɗɨk̚˦˥]

Proper noun

Biển Đức

  1. (Roman Catholicism) Benedict

Synonyms

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