Ê-xơ-tê

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from French Esther.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔe˧˧ səː˧˧ te˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔej˧˧ səː˧˧ tej˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔej˧˧ səː˧˧ tej˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: ê xơ tê

Proper noun

Ê-xơ-tê

1. (biblical, Protestantism) Alternative form of Ét-te (“Esther”)