mặt

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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From Middle Vietnamese mặt.

Originally meaning “eye” and is the regular descendant of Proto-Vietic *mat (eye), further from Proto-Mon-Khmer *mat (eye). Related to mắt (eye). The semantic change of “eye” > “face” can also be seen in Muong, most dialects of which use a single form, măt, to mean both “eye” and “face”.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(classifier cái, bộ, gương, khuôn, bản) mặt (, 𩈘, 𫖀, , 𪾺, 𬰢)

  1. face (front part of head)
  2. face (facial expression)
  3. face (public image)
  4. face (geometry: bounding surface of a polyhedron)
  5. face (surface, especially a front or outer one)
  6. aspect; dimension
    về nhiều mặtin many aspects

Derived terms

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Adjective

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mặt

  1. (archaic) right (of direction)
    Synonym: phải
    tay mặtthe right hand/arm