dấu mềm

Vietnamese

Etymology

dấu (“mark”) +‎ mềm (“soft”)

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zəw˧˦ mem˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jəw˨˩˦ mem˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [jəw˦˥ mem˨˩]

Noun

(classifier cái) dấu mềm

1. (typography) tilde (diacritical mark indicating palatalization in Spanish)

Usage notes

Not to be confused with dấu ngã or dấu sóng, which refer to diacritical marks that resemble the tilde but do not carry the same meaning.

References

• "dấu mềm" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)