các

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cac"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 各 (“each, individually, every, all”).

Determiner

các

  1. Plural marker
Usage notes
  • Not used very often in colloquial Vietnamese, replaced by mấy, except in pronouns (such as các bạn). Even then, the use of these pronouns might indicate that the speaker wants to sound serious.
  • Generally speaking, các suggests that all of a given set of entities are involved, as opposed to những, which implies that only a certain number of the total possible number are referred to.
  • Plural marking is not always grammatically required in Vietnamese, in contrast with many Indo-European languages, and can be omitted in many situations.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

French carte.

Noun

các

  1. (dated) cell phone's card
Alternative forms

Verb

các

  1. to pay the difference, to give in compensation

References
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