Viet
English
proper noun
Definitions
- (informal) South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or Vietnam entirely.
- (informal) a Vietnamese person.
- (informal) the Vietnamese language.
Etymology
Borrowed from Vietnamese Việt (Vietnamese, Yue, Vietnam).
Origin
Vietnamese
Việt
Gloss
Vietnamese, Yue, Vietnam
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Việt Vietnamese
- người Việt Vietnamese