đồng

đồng (plural đồng or đồngs)

1. Uncommon spelling of dong (“Vietnamese currency”).

• dong (nonstandard, though common)

From Vietnamese đồng.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdoŋɡ]
• Rhymes: -oŋɡ
• Homophone: dong

đồng (plural đồngok)[1]

1. dong (the currency of Vietnam; usually used by thousands or higher denominations)

   1000 vietnámi đồng körülbelül 15 forintot ér. ― 1,000 Vietnamese dongs are worth approximately 15 Hungarian forints.

• dong (“to buzz, drone”)

• ₫
• Đ.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩]

Borrowed from Tai; compare Tày tô̱ng, Thai ทุ่ง (tûng). Probably related to Central and Southern Vietnamese đùng.

(classifier cánh) đồng • (垌)

1. a general field; compare ruộng (“agricultural field or paddy”)

   đồng/ruộng lúa ― a rice paddy

   đồng cỏ ― a grassy field; a meadow

• đồng ruộng, đồng áng

Likely a Sino-Vietnamese word from 童 (“child; (dialectal) shaman”); see there for more.

đồng

1. (occult, divination) of mediums or divination

   bà đồng ― a female medium

Sino-Vietnamese word from 銅 (“copper”).

đồng

1. copper
2. a currency

   đồng yên Nhật ― the Japanese yen

   đồng đô-la Mĩ ― the US dollar

3. dong (currency of Vietnam)
4. (colloquial, chiefly Southern Vietnam) a thousand dongs

   hai đồng ― two thousand dongs

5. (historical) dong (currency of South Vietnam)

• → Cantonese: 盾 (teon⁵)
• → English: dong
• → Japanese: ドン (don)
• → Korean: 동 (dong)
• → Mandarin: 盾 (dùn)
• → Russian: донг (dong)

Sino-Vietnamese word from 同.

đồng

1. co-; united
2. homo-; same

   đồng âm ― homophonous

   đồng tính ― homosexual