lô cốt

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from French blockhaus; itself from German Blockhaus.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lo˧˧ kot̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [low˧˧ kok̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [low˧˧ kok̚˦˥]

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Noun

lô cốt

1. blockhouse
2. (colloquial) barriers put up around construction sites, especially ones where construction takes a long time to finish or is inactive