cộm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "com"

Vietnamese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Adjective

cộm • () (diminutive reduplication cồm cộm)

  1. bulging; stuffed
    phong bì dày cộmthick, bulging envelope
  2. (of skin, especially the eye) gritty; scratchy; having a foreign body sensation
    Mắt thấy hơi cộm như bị bụi bay vào.
    The eye feels slightly gritty, as if dust had blown into it.

Derived terms

References

  • cộm”, in Soha Tra Từ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Vietnam Communications Corporation. Available under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license.

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