ôm

See also: osm, ośm, Osm., and Appendix:Variations of "om"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔom˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔom˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔom˧˧]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *ʔoːm (“armful”).

Noun

(classifier cái) ôm (掩, 揞)

(dated) an armful
a hug

Verb

ôm (掩, 揞)

to embrace; to hug

Derived terms

Terms derived from ôm

gối ôm
ôm ấp

ôm ghì

xe ôm

Etymology 2

Ultimately from German Ohm, but possibly via French ohm, as many other words of German origin (độ Rích-te (“Richter”), Phri-đrích Ăng-gen ‎(“Friedrich Engels”), An-be Anh-xtanh ‎(“Albert Einstein”), etc.) are also pronounced as if they were French.

Noun

ôm

(physics) ohm

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