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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French enveloppe (“sheath, cover, casing (of a tire)”). Sense 2 is probably influenced by Chinese 愛情備胎 / 爱情备胎 (àiqíng bèitāi).
Noun
lốp
- (automotive) tire, tyre
- Synonym: vỏ
- (neologism, slang) spare-tyre partner
Derived terms
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
lốp • (⿰禾立, 𧀨)
- (agriculture, of rice) growing too fast, with tall stalks and long leaves but empty grains
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
lốp
- reduplicant of bốp, only used in lốp bốp
- reduplicant of cốp, only used in lốp cốp
- reduplicant of đốp, only used in lốp đốp
- construed with trắng lốp
References
- “lốp”, in Soha Tra Từ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Vietnam Communications Corporation. Available under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license.