mặn

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Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *-maɲʔ (“salted”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

mặn • (曼, 𪉾, 𠼦, 慢, 漫, 𪉽)

  1. salted
    nước mặn ― salted water; seawater
  2. (of food) salty (having too much salt)
  3. (of food) having meat or fish; not vegetarian or vegan; roughly equivalent to English savory
    Antonyms: chay (“vegan”), ngọt (“sweet”)
  4. (figurative, colloquial) passionate; ardent

Derived terms

See also

Basic tastes in Vietnamese (layout · text)
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