Ê-xê-chi-ên

Vietnamese

Etymology

Partial orthographic borrowing from French Ézéchiel. The <ch> is hard in French.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔe˧˧ se˧˧ t͡ɕi˧˧ ʔen˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔej˧˧ sej˧˧ t͡ɕɪj˧˧ ʔen˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔej˧˧ sej˧˧ cɪj˧˧ ʔəːn˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: ê xê chi ên

Proper noun

Ê-xê-chi-ên

1. (biblical, Protestantism) Alternative form of Ê-dê-ki-en (“Ezekiel”)