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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 實, perhaps a southern misreading of thật where the final /t/ was swapped out for the /k/, typical of the southern tendency to swap out final alveolars for velars. Compare the readings of 日 (nhật, nhựt). Doublet of thật and thiệt.
Adjective
thực
- true, real
Usage notes
- Thật, thiệt and thực are effectively alternative readings of the same grapheme, but they are preferred in different compounds or expressions. For example, use nói thật, not *nói thực; but use thực tiễn, not *thật tiễn.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 食 (“food”).
Noun
thực
- (used in compounds) food
Derived terms
- ẩm thực (飲食, “cuisine”)
- bội thực (倍食, “to have indigestion”)
- lương thực (糧食, “cereal”)
- nguyệt thực (月食, “lunar eclipse”)
- nhật thực (日食, “solar eclipse”)
- thực đơn (食單, “menu”)
- thực khách (食客, “diner”)
- thực phẩm (食品, “foodstuff”)
- thực quản (食管, “esophagus”)
- trúng thực (中食, “to have food poisoning”)
- tuyệt thực (絕食, “to starve oneself”)
- xâm thực (侵食, “to erode”)