khủng long

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 恐龍, composed of 恐 (“terror”) and 龍 (“dragon”), from Chinese 恐龍 / 恐龙 (kǒnglóng) or directly from Japanese 恐竜 (kyōryū). For the extended sense, semantic loan from Chinese 龍 / 龙 (long) or semantic loan from Japanese 竜 (ryū).

    It is unclear when this term was adopted. In Địa cầu vạn vật luận - Động vật (1920), written by a French bishop, the term thú long was used to refer to "fossilized terrestrial crocodiles" such as mégalosaure, brontosaure, iguanodon.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xʊwŋ͡m˧˩ lawŋ͡m˧˧]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰʊwŋ͡m˧˨ lawŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [kʰʊwŋ͡m˧˨ lɔŋ˧˧]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰʊwŋ͡m˨˩˦ lawŋ͡m˧˧]

    Noun

    (classifier con) khủng long

    1. a dinosaur
    2. (by extension) some other prehistoric reptiles, such as pterosaurs and ichthyosaurs
      Synonym: thằn lằn
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