vô

See also: vos, VOS, vós, voš, v. o. s., -vos, and Appendix:Variations of "vo"

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin vōs.

Pronoun

vô

  1. The second person plural familiar pronoun, you

Synonyms

See also

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

From French vos (“your”).

Pronunciation

Determiner

vô

  1. (formal, polite) your.
  2. y'all's.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

Noun

vô m (plural vôs)

  1. (informal) Clipping of avô.; grandpa, granddad

Verb

vô

  1. Eye dialect spelling of vou.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vo˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [vow˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vow˧˧] ~ [jow˧˧]
  • (Vinh, Thanh Chương) IPA(key): [vo˧˥]
  • (Hà Tĩnh) IPA(key): [vo˧˥˧]

Etymology 1

Undiphthongized equivalent of Northern vào.

The usage of vào (especially in writing) by speakers of Central-Southern dialects can be contributed to borrowing from Northern dialects. On the other hand, the undiphthongized Southern form with palatal initial latter spread to the Northern and Central dialects as an interjection.

Alternative forms

  • (Northern Vietnam) vào (with diphthongization)
  • (Southern Vietnam, pronunciation spelling) dô
  • (Southern Vietnam, pronunciation spelling) dzô

Verb

vô • (無, 𠓺)

  1. (chiefly Central Vietnam and Southern Vietnam) to enter; to go into
    Synonym: vào
    Vô nhà lấy con dao cho ba mày làm cá coi cu Thắng.
    Thắng boy, go inside and fetch the knife so that your dad can start preparing some fish.
  2. (chiefly Central Vietnam and Southern Vietnam) to toast
  3. (chiefly Central Vietnam and Southern Vietnam) to go southwards in Vietnam
    Antonym: ra
    • Lý hạng ca dao 里巷歌謠
      塘無䖏乂觥觥
      𡶀𩇛渃碧如幀𤳰圖
      Đường vô xứ Nghệ quanh quanh,
      Núi xanh nác/nước biếc như tranh hoạ/vẽ đồ.
      The road to Nghệ An is winding,
      With lush mountains and blue rivers, [the scenery is] like those captured in a landscape painting.

Particle

vô • (無, 𠓺)

  1. (chiefly Central Vietnam and Southern Vietnam) emphasizing sentence-ending particle
    Synonym: vào
    Uống cho lắm vô! Giờ đau đầu!
    You drank yourself to death and now you're wondering why you're having a headache!
    Mại vô!
    Check it out, guys!

Preposition

vô • (無, 𠓺)

  1. in, into, upon
    Nhìn vô nhà coi, có ai hông?
    Did you see anyone when you looked into the house?

Interjection

vô • (無, 𠓺)

  1. toast
    Một, hai, ba, dzô!
    One, two, three, toast!
See also

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 無.

Prefix

vô (無)

  1. (prefixing nouns to form adjectives) without, -less, un-, in-
    Synonyms: bất, không
    vô văn hoá ― ill-mannered (literally, “cultureless”)
    vô tác dụng ― ineffective
Derived terms

Romanization

vô

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 亡
  2. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 毋
  3. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 旡
  4. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 忘
  5. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 妄
  6. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 呒
  7. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 无
  8. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 毌

Etymology 4

Nôm reading of 蕪, 毌, 毋

References

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