đệ nhất
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 第一 (“first”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗe˧˨ʔ ɲət̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗej˨˩ʔ ɲək̚˦˧˥]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗej˨˩˨ ɲək̚˦˥]
Adjective
[edit]Usage notes
[edit]- Used in titles of monarch, for example Elizabeth Đệ nhất ("Elizabeth the 1st").
- Otherwise, mostly found in compounds and fixed expressions, the normal words for "first" (as in "first person" or "first day") are thứ nhất and đầu tiên.