"ve" meaning in Vietnamese

See ve in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [vɛ˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [vɛ˧˧] [Huế], [vɛ˧˧] (note: Saigon), [jɛ˧˧] (note: Saigon) Forms: con [classifier], [CJK], [CJK], [CJK], ve ve [reduplication]
Etymology: Attested as ue in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651). Probably onomatopoeic, from the cry of the cicada. Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|<i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">phonemic reduplicative</i>|ve ve|head=|tr=蟡, 爲, 為}} ve • (蟡, 爲, 為) (phonemic reduplicative ve ve), {{vi-noun|蟡, 爲, 為|cls=con|rdp=ve ve}} (classifier con) ve • (蟡, 爲, 為) (phonemic reduplicative ve ve)
  1. cicada Synonyms: ve sầu
    Sense id: en-ve-vi-noun-hsRvCZyy Categories (other): Vietnamese nouns classified by con Disambiguation of Vietnamese nouns classified by con: 54 46
  2. tick
    Sense id: en-ve-vi-noun-VaS8W-aO Categories (other): Vietnamese nouns classified by con, Parasites Disambiguation of Vietnamese nouns classified by con: 54 46 Disambiguation of Parasites: 5 60 5 12 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ve bét, ve chó
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [vɛ˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [vɛ˧˧] [Huế], [vɛ˧˧] (note: Saigon), [jɛ˧˧] (note: Saigon) Forms: [CJK], 𡐮 [CJK]
Etymology templates: {{bor|vi|fr|verre||glass (substance); objects made of glass}} French verre (“glass (substance); objects made of glass”) Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=䃣, 𡐮}} ve • (䃣, 𡐮), {{vi-noun|䃣, 𡐮}} ve • (䃣, 𡐮)
  1. small bottle or jar
    Sense id: en-ve-vi-noun-LyIFN5H6 Categories (other): Containers, Hemipterans Disambiguation of Containers: 10 9 64 9 8 Disambiguation of Hemipterans: 14 12 51 12 11
  2. (only in compounds) glass (substance) Tags: in-compounds
    Sense id: en-ve-vi-noun-7FwKEEcq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bi ve, ve chai
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: [vɛ˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [vɛ˧˧] [Huế], [vɛ˧˧] (note: Saigon), [jɛ˧˧] (note: Saigon) Forms: 𢠿 [CJK]
Head templates: {{head|vi|verb|||head=|tr=𢠿}} ve • (𢠿), {{vi-verb|𢠿}} ve • (𢠿)
  1. (chiefly in compounds) to flirt Tags: in-compounds Derived forms: ve vãn
    Sense id: en-ve-vi-verb-azvwNwvD Categories (other): Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 9 8 8 29 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ve bét"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ve chó"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_text": "Attested as ue in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).\nProbably onomatopoeic, from the cry of the cicada.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "con",
      "tags": [
        "classifier"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "蟡",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "爲",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "為",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ve ve",
      "tags": [
        "reduplication"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "noun",
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        "4": "ve ve",
        "head": "",
        "tr": "蟡, 爲, 為"
      },
      "expansion": "ve • (蟡, 爲, 為) (phonemic reduplicative ve ve)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "蟡, 爲, 為",
        "cls": "con",
        "rdp": "ve ve"
      },
      "expansion": "(classifier con) ve • (蟡, 爲, 為) (phonemic reduplicative ve ve)",
      "name": "vi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese nouns classified by con",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cicada"
      ],
      "id": "en-ve-vi-noun-hsRvCZyy",
      "links": [
        [
          "cicada",
          "cicada"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ve sầu"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese nouns classified by con",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 60 5 12 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "vi",
          "name": "Parasites",
          "orig": "vi:Parasites",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tick"
      ],
      "id": "en-ve-vi-noun-VaS8W-aO",
      "links": [
        [
          "tick",
          "tick"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "[vɛ˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[vɛ˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[vɛ˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jɛ˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "de"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ve"
}

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  "derived": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bi ve"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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        "1": "vi",
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        "3": "verre",
        "4": "",
        "5": "glass (substance); objects made of glass"
      },
      "expansion": "French verre (“glass (substance); objects made of glass”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "䃣",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "𡐮",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "head": "",
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "䃣, 𡐮"
      },
      "expansion": "ve • (䃣, 𡐮)",
      "name": "vi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 9 64 9 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "vi",
          "name": "Containers",
          "orig": "vi:Containers",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 12 51 12 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "vi",
          "name": "Hemipterans",
          "orig": "vi:Hemipterans",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "small bottle or jar"
      ],
      "id": "en-ve-vi-noun-LyIFN5H6",
      "links": [
        [
          "bottle",
          "bottle"
        ],
        [
          "jar",
          "jar"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "glass (substance)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ve-vi-noun-7FwKEEcq",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(only in compounds) glass (substance)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[vɛ˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[vɛ˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[vɛ˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jɛ˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "de"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ve"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "𢠿",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": "𢠿"
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
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      "expansion": "ve • (𢠿)",
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    }
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  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "_dis": "9 8 8 29 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "ve vãn"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to flirt"
      ],
      "id": "en-ve-vi-verb-azvwNwvD",
      "links": [
        [
          "flirt",
          "flirt"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly in compounds) to flirt"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[vɛ˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[vɛ˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[vɛ˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jɛ˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "de"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ve"
}
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    "Vietnamese terms with homophones",
    "Vietnamese verbs",
    "vi:Containers",
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  "derived": [
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      "word": "ve bét"
    },
    {
      "word": "ve chó"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
      "form": "con",
      "tags": [
        "classifier"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "蟡",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "爲",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "為",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ve ve",
      "tags": [
        "reduplication"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "tr": "蟡, 爲, 為"
      },
      "expansion": "ve • (蟡, 爲, 為) (phonemic reduplicative ve ve)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cicada"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cicada",
          "cicada"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ve sầu"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tick"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tick",
          "tick"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[vɛ˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[vɛ˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[vɛ˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jɛ˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "de"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ve"
}

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    {
      "word": "bi ve"
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    {
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        "small bottle or jar"
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          "bottle",
          "bottle"
        ],
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          "jar",
          "jar"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "glass (substance)"
      ],
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        "(only in compounds) glass (substance)"
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[vɛ˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[vɛ˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[vɛ˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jɛ˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "de"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ve"
}

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    {
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        "to flirt"
      ],
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        [
          "flirt",
          "flirt"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly in compounds) to flirt"
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[vɛ˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[vɛ˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[vɛ˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jɛ˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "de"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ve"
}

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