tử số

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 子數, composed of (child) and (number). The notion of a "child number" comes from 分子 (phân tử), one of the discrete parts left after a division.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tɨ˧˩ so˧˦]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [tɨ˧˨ ʂow˨˩˦] ~ [tɨ˧˨ sow˨˩˦]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tɨ˨˩˦ ʂow˦˥] ~ [tɨ˨˩˦ sow˦˥]
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    Noun

    tử số

    1. (arithmetic) a numerator
      Synonym: tử

    See also