làm lễ

See also: làm lẽ and lăm le

Vietnamese

Etymology

làm (“to do”) +‎ lễ (“ceremony”)

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [laːm˨˩ le˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [laːm˦˩ lej˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [laːm˨˩ lej˨˩˦]

Verb

làm lễ

  1. (transitive) to hold a ceremony; to observe a ritual for (something).
    làm lễ khánh thành trường học
    to hold an opening ceremony for a school
  2. (intransitive, Roman Catholicism) to say Mass.
    Cha làm lễ Chúa nhật.
    Father said Sunday Mass.

References

Hồ Ngọc Đức, editor (2003), “làm lễ”, in Việt–Anh‎[1] (DICT), Leipzig: Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details), archived from the original on 12 November 2024

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