Vietnam
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Vietnamese Việt Nam. Extended senses come from the Vietnam War.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /(ˈ)viːətˈnɑːm/, /(ˈ)viːətˈnæm/, /(ˈ)vjɛtˈnɑːm/, /(ˈ)vjɛtˈnæm/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌvi.ətˈnɑm/, /ˌvi.ətˈnæm/, /(ˈ)vjɛtˈnɑm/, /(ˈ)vjɛtˈnæm/
Audio (US) (file) - (US, rare, perhaps modeled on piece etc, or the South Vietnamese pronunciation) IPA(key): /(ˈ)vitˈnɑm/, /(ˈ)vitˈnæm/
- Rhymes: -ɑːm, -æm
Proper noun edit
Vietnam
- A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Capital: Hanoi.
- Synonyms: (official name) Socialist Republic of Vietnam, (informal) Nam
- (chiefly US, colloquial) The Vietnam War.
- Synonym: (informal) Nam
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
country in Southeast Asia
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Further reading edit
Category:Vietnam on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons 
Vietnam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Vietnam on Wikiquote.Wikiquote 
Vietnam on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
Noun edit
Vietnam (plural Vietnams)
- A long and protracted war or conflict in which the dominating foreign occupier is unable to secure a victory.
- another Vietnam
- the Soviet Union's Vietnam (the 1979–89 occupation of Afghanistan)
- France's Vietnam (the Algerian War or First Indochina War)
- (US, slang) A place that is very dangerous, especially if afflicted by violence.
- 1992, “187um (Deep Cover Remix)”, in Deep Cover, performed by Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg:
- Welcome back to Vietnam, California.
- 1992, “Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat”, in The Chronic, performed by Dr. Dre, Death Row Records:
- Vietnam, California, back in and on a mission.
- (US, slang, by extension) A situation in which one cannot win.
- 1989, Michael Goodwin, Naomi Wise, On the Edge: The Life and Times of Francis Coppola, page 195:
- Everyone was miserable, including Coppola. "It was my Vietnam," he moaned a few months later.
- 2011, “Judy is your Viet Nam”, performed by They Might Be Giants:
- Judy is the great deceiver / Judy is your Viet Nam
See also edit
- Countries of the world
- (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
- Srebrenica, Chernobyl
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Proper noun edit
Vietnam m
- Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
Related terms edit
Basque edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Vietnam inan
- Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
Declension edit
Declension of Vietnam (inanimate, ending in consonant)
| indefinite | |
|---|---|
| absolutive | Vietnam |
| ergative | Vietnamek |
| dative | Vietnami |
| genitive | Vietnamen |
| comitative | Vietnamekin |
| causative | Vietnamengatik |
| benefactive | Vietnamentzat |
| instrumental | Vietnamez |
| inessive | Vietnamen |
| locative | Vietnameko |
| allative | Vietnamera |
| terminative | Vietnameraino |
| directive | Vietnamerantz |
| destinative | Vietnamerako |
| ablative | Vietnametik |
| partitive | Vietnamik |
| prolative | Vietnamtzat |
Derived terms edit
- vietnamdar (“Vietnamese”)
- vietnamera (“Vietnamese language”)
See also edit
- (countries of Asia) Asiako herrialdeak; Afganistan, Arabiar Emirerri Batuak, Armenia, Azerbaidjan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Bhutan, Birmania, Brunei, Ekialdeko Timor, Errusia, Filipinak, Georgia, Hego Korea, India, Indonesia, Ipar Korea, Iran, Irak, Israel, Japonia, Jordania, Kanbodia, Kazakhstan, Kirgizistan, Kuwait, Laos, Libano, Malaysia, Maldivas, Mongolia, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestina, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapur, Siria, Sri Lanka, Tadjikistan, Taiwan, Thailandia, Turkia, Turkmenistan, Txina, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, Zipre,
Further reading edit
- Vietnam on the Basque Wikipedia.Wikipedia eu
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [bi.ənˈnam]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [vi.ənˈnam]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [vi.edˈnam]
Audio (Valencian) (file)
Proper noun edit
Vietnam m
- Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
Related terms edit
Central Huasteca Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Proper noun edit
Vietnam
- Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
Central Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Proper noun edit
Vietnam
- Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Vietnam m inan (related adjective vietnamský, demonym Vietnamec, female demonym Vietnamka)
- Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
Declension edit
Declension of Vietnam (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Vietnam |
| genitive | Vietnamu |
| dative | Vietnamu |
| accusative | Vietnam |
| vocative | Vietname |
| locative | Vietnamu |
| instrumental | Vietnamem |
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Proper noun edit
Vietnam
- Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
Related terms edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Vietnam n
- Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
Derived terms edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Vietnam
- Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
- Vietnamin sosialistinen tasavalta ― Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Declension edit
| Inflection of Vietnam (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Vietnam | — | ||
| genitive | Vietnamin | — | ||
| partitive | Vietnamia | — | ||
| illative | Vietnamiin | — | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Vietnam | — | ||
| accusative | nom. | Vietnam | — | |
| gen. | Vietnamin | |||
| genitive | Vietnamin | — | ||
| partitive | Vietnamia | — | ||
| inessive | Vietnamissa | — | ||
| elative | Vietnamista | — | ||
| illative | Vietnamiin | — | ||
| adessive | Vietnamilla | — | ||
| ablative | Vietnamilta | — | ||
| allative | Vietnamille | — | ||
| essive | Vietnamina | — | ||
| translative | Vietnamiksi | — | ||
| abessive | Vietnamitta | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Derived terms edit
compounds
French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Vietnam m
- Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- (countries of Asia) pays d’Asie; Afghanistan, Arabie saoudite, Arménie, Azerbaïdjan, Bahreïn, Bangladesh, Bhoutan, Birmanie, Brunei, Cambodge, Chine, Chypre, Corée du Nord, Corée du Sud, Émirats arabes unis, Géorgie, Inde, Indonésie, Iran, Irak, Israël, Japon, Jordanie, Kazakhstan, Kirghizistan, Koweït, Laos, Liban, Malaisie, Maldives, Mongolie, Népal, Oman, Ouzbékistan, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russie, Singapour, Sri Lanka, Syrie, Tadjikistan, Thaïlande, Timor oriental, Turquie, Turkménistan, Vietnam, Yémen (Category: fr:Countries in Asia)
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
- Vietname, Vietnão (reintegrationist)
Etymology edit
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Proper noun edit
Vietnam m
- Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
Related terms edit
German edit
Etymology edit
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /vi̯ɛtˈnam/, /-ˈnaːm/, [vjɛt-], [vi.ɛt-], [ʋ-]
- IPA(key): /virtˈnam/, [viɐ̯tˈnam] (colloquial variant; compare Serviette)
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -am, -aːm
Proper noun edit
Vietnam n (proper noun, genitive Vietnams or (optionally with an article) Vietnam, plural Vietnam)
- Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
- 2012, Otto Nigsch, Regierung und Gouvernance: Zur Geschichte der bestehenden Ordnung, page 102:
- Dieser zweite Teil der Genfer Erklärung sah auch vor, im Juli 1956 Wahlen zur Vereinigung der beiden Vietnam durchzuführen, doch wurde dieser Teil der Verträge nicht mehr unterschrieben.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2014, Heino Caesar, Commander: Ein Bericht. Buch 3, page 180:
- Es war ein blau-gelb-grüner runder Fleck im dunklen Meer unter ihnen auf 17° Nordbreite, der noch existierenden Demarkationslinie zwischen den beiden Vietnam.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes edit
- The plural Vietnam refers to North Vietnam (German: Nordvietnam) and South Vietnam (German: Südvietnam).
Declension edit
Declension of Vietnam [neuter, toponym]
Derived terms edit
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Vietnam
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Vietnam | Vietnamok |
| accusative | Vietnamot | Vietnamokat |
| dative | Vietnamnak | Vietnamoknak |
| instrumental | Vietnammal | Vietnamokkal |
| causal-final | Vietnamért | Vietnamokért |
| translative | Vietnammá | Vietnamokká |
| terminative | Vietnamig | Vietnamokig |
| essive-formal | Vietnamként | Vietnamokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Vietnamban | Vietnamokban |
| superessive | Vietnamon | Vietnamokon |
| adessive | Vietnamnál | Vietnamoknál |
| illative | Vietnamba | Vietnamokba |
| sublative | Vietnamra | Vietnamokra |
| allative | Vietnamhoz | Vietnamokhoz |
| elative | Vietnamból | Vietnamokból |
| delative | Vietnamról | Vietnamokról |
| ablative | Vietnamtól | Vietnamoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | Vietnamé | Vietnamoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | Vietnaméi | Vietnamokéi |
| Possessive forms of Vietnam | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Vietnamom | Vietnamjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | Vietnamod | Vietnamjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | Vietnamja | Vietnamjai |
| 1st person plural | Vietnamunk | Vietnamjaink |
| 2nd person plural | Vietnamotok | Vietnamjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | Vietnamjuk | Vietnamjaik |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Section 18 in A magyar helyesírás szabályai, 12. kiadás (’The Rules of Hungarian Orthography, 12th edition’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2015. →ISBN
- ^ e-nyelv: Mostantól: Vietnám!
- ^ Magyar Nyelvőr: Megjelent A magyar helyesírás szabályai 12. kiadása
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈvjɛt.nam/, (traditional) /vjetˈnam/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛtnam, (traditional) -am
- Hyphenation: Vièt‧nam, (traditional) Viet‧nàm
Proper noun edit
Vietnam m
- Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Vietnam in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Proper noun edit
Vietnam
- Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
Related terms edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Proper noun edit
Vietnam
- Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
Related terms edit
Scots edit
Etymology edit
From English Vietnam, from Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Proper noun edit
Vietnam
- Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Vietnam m inan (genitive singular Vietnamu, declension pattern of dub)
- Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
Declension edit
Declension of Vietnam
| singulare tantum | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Vietnam |
| genitive | Vietnamu |
| dative | Vietnamu |
| accusative | Vietnam |
| locative | Vietname |
| instrumental | Vietnamom |
Derived terms edit
- Vietnamec m
- Vietnamka f
- vietnamský (adjective)
- vietnamsky (adverb)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Vietnam m
- Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
Related terms edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Proper noun edit
Vietnam n (genitive Vietnams)
- Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
Anagrams edit
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Proper noun edit
Vietnam
- Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia)
Declension edit
Declension of Vietnam
possessive of Vietnam
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| benim (my) | Vietnam'ım | Vietnamlarım / Vietnam'larım |
| senin (your) | Vietnam'ın | Vietnamların / Vietnam'ların |
| onun (his/her/its) | Vietnam'ı | Vietnamları / Vietnam'ları |
| bizim (our) | Vietnam'ımız | Vietnamlarımız / Vietnam'larımız |
| sizin (your) | Vietnam'ınız | Vietnamlarınız / Vietnam'larınız |
| onların (their) | Vietnam'ı / Vietnamları / Vietnam'ları | Vietnamları / Vietnam'ları |
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- (countries of Asia) Asya ülkesi; Afganistan, Azerbaycan, Bahreyn, Bangladeş, Birleşik Arap Emirlikleri, Bruney, Butan, Çin, Doğu Timor, Endonezya, Ermenistan, Filistin, Filipinler, Güney Kore, Gürcistan, Hindistan, Irak, İran, İsrail, Japonya, Kamboçya, Katar, Kazakistan, Kıbrıs, Kuveyt, Kuzey Kore, Kırgızistan, Laos, Lübnan, Maldivler, Malezya, Mısır, Moğolistan, Myanmar, Nepal, Özbekistan, Pakistan, Rusya, Singapur, Sri Lanka, Suriye, Suudi Arabistan, Tacikistan, Tayland, Tayvan, Türkiye, Türkmenistan, Umman, Ürdün, Vietnam, Yemen
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