mẫu số

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 母 (“mother”) and 數 (“number”). The notion of a "mother number" comes from 分母 (phân mẫu), a number before being split into discrete parts during division.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [məw˦ˀ˥ so˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [məw˧˨ ʂow˨˩˦] ~ [məw˧˨ sow˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [məw˨˩˦ ʂow˦˥] ~ [məw˨˩˦ sow˦˥]

Noun

mẫu số

1. (arithmetic) a denominator

   Synonym: mẫu

See also

• phân số
• tử số