lô cốt

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from French blockhaus; itself from German Blockhaus.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lo˧˧ kot̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [low˧˧ kok̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [low˧˧ kok̚˦˥]

Noun

lô cốt

blockhouse
(colloquial) barriers put up around construction sites, especially ones where construction takes a long time to finish or is inactive

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