đốc

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese, from Sinitic 督 (supervise, oversee, direct)

Noun

đốc

1. headmaster, chief, doctor^[1]

Derived terms

• đô đốc (admiral)
• giám đốc (manager, director)
• quản đốc (manager, supervisor)
• tổng đốc (provincial chief)
• Cơ đốc (variant of Cơ Đốc, meaning Christ)

Verb

đốc

1. prod, urge

References

1. ^ Tuttle Compact Vietnamese-English Dictionary 9780804838719 p116 lists the individual meanings "headmaster, chief, doctor" for đốc 2n. before the compound nouns. However in practice đốc is rarely used as a stand-alone noun, and the correct Vietnamese for those terms is hiệu trưởng, giám đốc, and bác sĩ, respectively.

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