mốt

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mot"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mot̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [mok̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [mok̚˦˥]
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Etymology 1

Borrowed from French mode (“fashion”).

Noun

mốt

  1. fashion; trend
    hợp mốt ― à la mode; fashionable
    lỗi mốt ― out-of-fashion

See also

Etymology 2

Related to một (“one”). Compare Khmu pŋmoːj ("day after tomorrow") and moːj ("one"), Sa'och [of Kanchanaburi] mṳːj ("day after tomorrow") and mṳːˀj ("one").

Noun

mốt • (𣋻)

  1. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam, colloquial) day after tomorrow
    Synonyms: ngày mốt (formal or emphatic), ngày kia (Northern Vietnam)
Derived terms

Adverb

mốt • (𣋻)

  1. future
    Synonym: tương lai
    Giờ mày không học thì mốt thi rớt đó nha ― Unless you study now, you will fail the exam in the future

Etymology 3

Variant of một.

Numeral

mốt • (沒, 没, 蔑)

  1. (only in compounds or fixed expressions) one; -one
    Mốt hai mốt hai mốt hai mốt!
    One two one two one two one!
    hai (mươi) mốt / hăm mốt ― twenty-one
    một trăm mốt ― one hundred and ten (thousand dongs)
    một triệu mốt ― one million one hundred thousand (dongs)
Usage notes
  • Mốt is used to say "one" as in "twenty-one", "thirty-one", ..., "ninety-one", not in "one hundred and one" or "one thousand and one"; "eleven" is mười một, not *mười mốt.
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