Vietnamese

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Etymology

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gờ (gee) +‎ đơn (single)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gờ đơn

  1. (informal) The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.
    Synonyms: giê, gờ

Usage notes

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  • Used to say "a 'hard' g that doesn't occur before e, ê, i". There's really no such thing as a "soft g". gi is a digraph per se rather than just a "soft g" occurring before an i. Both the digraphs gh and gi were merely borrowed from Italian orthography.

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