Vietnam

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Việt Nam.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /(ˌ)vjɛtˈnɑːm/, /(ˌ)vjɛtˈnæm/, /(ˌ)viɛtˈnɑːm/, /(ˌ)viɛtˈnæm/
  • (US) IPA(key): /viˌɛtˈnɑm/, /viˌɛtˈnæm/, /(ˌ)vjɛtˈnɑm/, /(ˌ)vjɛtˈnæm/, /ˌvi.ətˈnɑm/, /ˌvi.ətˈnæm/, /(ˌ)vitˈnɑm/, /(ˌ)vitˈnæm/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːm, -æm

Proper noun

Vietnam

  1. A country in Southeast Asia, on the east coast of the Indochina Peninsula, officially named Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
  2. The Vietnam War.

Synonyms

Translations

Noun

Vietnam (plural Vietnams)

  1. A long war which a dominating foreign occupier of a place (the site of the war) cannot win.
    another Vietnam
    the Soviet Union's Vietnam (the 1979–89 occupation of Afghanistan)

See also

Asturian

Proper noun

Vietnam m

  1. Vietnam

Catalan

Proper noun

Vietnam m

  1. Vietnam

Czech

Proper noun

Vietnam m

  1. Vietnam

Further reading

  • Vietnam in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • Vietnam in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Proper noun

Vietnam

  1. Vietnam

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Vietnam n

  1. Vietnam

Finnish

Proper noun

Vietnam

  1. Vietnam

Declension

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 —
instructive — —
abessive Vietnamitta —
comitative — —

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vietnamese Việt Nam

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vjɛt.nam/
  • Audio (France)(file)

Proper noun

Vietnam m

  1. Vietnam

Derived terms

Galician

Proper noun

Vietnam m

  1. Vietnam

German

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -am, -aːm

Proper noun

Vietnam n (genitive Vietnam or Vietnams, plural Vietnam)

  1. Vietnam
    • 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.
    • 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.

Usage notes

  • The plural Vietnam refers to North Vietnam (German: Nordvietnam) and South Vietnam (German: Südvietnam).

Declension

Derived terms

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈviʲɛtnaːm]
  • Hyphenation: Vi‧et‧nam

Proper noun

Vietnam

  1. superseded spelling of Vietnám.[1]

Declension

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
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

References

  1. ↑ A magyar helyesírás szabályai, 12. kiadás (The Rules of Hungarian Orthography, 12th edition), MTA, Akadémiai Kiadó, 2015, →ISBN

Further reading

Italian

Proper noun

Vietnam m

  1. Vietnam

Derived terms

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Vietnam

  1. Vietnam

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Vietnam

  1. Vietnam

Scots

Etymology

From English Vietnam.

Proper noun

Vietnam

  1. Vietnam

Slovak

Etymology

Ultimately from Vietnamese Việt Nam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvi̯ɛtnam/

Proper noun

Vietnam m (genitive Vietnamu) declension pattern dub

  1. Vietnam

Declension

Derived terms

Spanish

Proper noun

Vietnam m

  1. Vietnam

Swedish

Proper noun

Vietnam n (genitive Vietnams)

  1. Vietnam

Turkish

Proper noun

Vietnam

  1. Vietnam

Derived terms

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