mốc

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɓuk ~ *kɓuk (“rotten, mouldy”); cognate with Khmer ពុក (puk, “rotten”), Bahnar bŭk (“rotten”). Related to mục.

Noun

mốc

mould

Adjective

mốc (fully reduplicated form mông mốc)

mouldy

Derived terms

Terms derived from mốc

mốc meo

Etymology 2

Noun

mốc

boundary marker; landmark
(figuratively) landmark event; milestone

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