nô lệ

See also: nole, nosle, and nöle

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 奴隸.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [no˧˧ le˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [now˧˧ lej˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [now˧˧ lej˨˩˨]
Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City) (file)

Noun

(classifier người) nô lệ

a slave, especially a non-East-Asian one, forced into slavery for their ethnicity or social status

See also

nông nô; nô tài; nô tì; nô bộc

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