mật
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mat"
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 蜜 (“honey”). Doublet of mứt.
Noun edit
mật
Synonyms edit
- (honey): mật ong
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *kmət ~ *k(p)mat (“gall”); cognate with Chut [Rục] mɨt⁸, Semai kemat (“gall bladder”), Bahnar kơmăt/kơmơ̆t (“gall bladder”), Pacoh mít and Khmer ប្រមាត់ (prɑmŏət).
Noun edit
- (biochemistry) bile
- (medicine) Short for túi mật (“gall bladder”).
Etymology 3 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 密 (“secret”).
Adjective edit
mật
- (only in compounds) secret; confidential