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Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 督 (“supervise, oversee, direct”).
Pronunciation
Noun
đốc
- (only in compounds) headmaster, chief, doctor
Derived terms
Verb
đốc
- (only in compounds) prod, urge
Derived terms
References
- ^ Tuttle Compact Vietnamese-English Dictionary 9780804838719 p116 lists the individual meanings "headmaster, chief, doctor" for đốc 2n. before the compound nouns. However in practice đốc is rarely used as a stand-alone noun, and the correct Vietnamese for those terms is hiệu trưởng, giám đốc, and bác sĩ, respectively.