Pháp
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Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 法, from Middle Chinese 法 (pjop). As for the country name, contracted from Chinese 法國 / 法国 (Pháp quốc), in turn contracted from Chinese phonetics Mandarin 法蘭西 / 法兰西 (Fǎlánxī, Fàlánxī, Pháp Lan Tây) + 國 / 国 (quốc, “country”), from French France. Doublet of phép.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pháp
- France (a country in Western Europe)
- nước Pháp ― the country of France
- người Pháp ― French person
- tiếng Pháp ― French language
- 2014, Linh Quân Cao, “Bác sĩ Y-éc-xanh [Dr. Yersin]”, in Tiếng Việt 3 [Vietnamese 3], 10th edition, volume 2, Nhà Xuất bản Giáo dục Việt Nam:
- Tôi là người Pháp. Mãi mãi tôi là công dân Pháp.
- I'm French. I'll always be a citizen of France.
- a male given name from Chinese