Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

viet

/viˈɛt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English

Syllables: vi-et
IPA: /viˈɛt/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or Vietnam entirely.

Informal

name

The Vietnamese language.

Informal

name

Synonym of Yue.

noun

A Vietnamese person.

Informal

adj

Informal

Example Sentences

"Prayer […] Dear Bà Nội, please make your son not annoy me so much. Watch over us, and my mom, and Bren too. Then, remembering she didn’t know any English, I ramble through a poor Viet version."

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Việt.

Origin

Source language: Vietnamese

Word Breakdown

Root: Việt

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

Viets (plural) more Viet (comparative) most Viet (superlative)

Synonyms

Yue

Rhymes With

get let set yet met forget bet net debt et upset threat

Questions

How do you pronounce viet?: The recorded pronunciation is /viˈɛt/.
What does viet mean?: South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or Vietnam entirely.
Where does viet come from?: It is traced to Vietnamese.

How to pronounce viet

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