ma trận

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 魔 (“magic”) and 陣 (“battle array”), perhaps chosen in order to resemble the spelling of matrix (i.e. a phono-semantic matching).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [maː˧˧ t͡ɕən˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [maː˧˧ ʈəŋ˨˩ʔ]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [maː˧˧ ʈəŋ˨˩˨]

Noun

ma trận

1. (mathematics) matrix

See also

• mặt trận