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Latin
Pronunciation
Preposition
cũ (+ ablative)
- Alternative form of cum
1537, Guy de Chauliac, Joannes Baptistia Cortesius, Chirurgia Guidonis de Cauliaco , Messanæ, page 73:Aut cũ gargariſmis maturatiuis & apertiuis:vt eſt decoctio ficuum dactilorũ fenugreci addendo fermentum.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Vietnamese
Etymology
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 古 (“old”, SV: cổ). Doublet of cổ.
Pronunciation
Adjective
cũ • (𫇰, 𪡻)
- (of an object) old, but not ancient; compare cổ (“ancient”) and già (of a lifeform)
- (semantics) obsolete
- từ/nghĩa cũ ― an obsolete word/sense
- (of an object) secondhand (not new; previously owned and used by another)
- (of a geographic place) former
- Liên Xô cũ ― the former Soviet Union
- Nam Tư cũ ― the former Yugoslavia
- (of a person) no longer close
- bạn cũ ― an old friend
- người yêu/người tình/bồ/bạn trai/bạn gái cũ ― an ex-lover/boyfriend/girlfriend
- chồng/vợ cũ ― an ex-husband/wife
See also
See also