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˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓiəŋ˨˩˦ ʔɗɨk̚˦˥]

Proper noun

Biển Đức

(Roman Catholicism) Benedict

Synonyms

Bênêđictô

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