quả thể

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 果 (“fruit”) and 體 (“body”), likely a calque from a European language.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kwaː˧˩ tʰe˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kwaː˧˨ tʰej˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [waː˨˩˦ tʰej˨˩˦]

Noun

quả thể

1. (mycology) fruiting body/fruit body

   Synonym: thể quả