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mốt

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mốt means fashion; trend.

Meanings of mốt in English

Noun

  1. fashion; trend
    • hợp mốtà la mode; fashionable
    • lỗi mốtout-of-fashion

Noun

  1. Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam, colloquial day after tomorrow ≈ ngày mốtngày kia

Adverb

  1. future ≈ tương lai
    • Giờ mày không học thì mốt thi rớt đó nhaUnless you study now, you will fail the exam in the future

Numeral

  1. idiomatic, in compounds one; -one
    • Mốt hai mốt hai mốt hai mốt!One two one two one two one!
    • hai (mươi) mốt / hăm mốttwenty-one
    • một trăm mốtone hundred and ten (thousand dongs)

Words with mốt

mai mốt

Example sentences with mốt

  • Váy dài đang là mốt. Long dresses stayed in fashion.
  • Mốt mới chẳng bao lâu đã mất sức hấp dẫn. The new fashion soon lost its appeal.
  • Bộ này gồm ba mươi mốt tập và một vài bản đặc biệt. This series is made up of thirty-one volumes and a number of special editions.
  • Tôi sẽ không cảm thấy thoải mái khi mặc thứ gì đó lỗi mốt. I wouldn’t feel comfortable wearing something old-fashioned.

Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).

Historical script (chữ Nôm / Hán)

Before the Latin alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ) became standard, mốt could be written as 𣋻, 𰰝, 𠬠, 𱥺. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Usage note: mốt

mốt is the form "one" takes after mươi, and it also means "the day after tomorrow" (South) and "fashion".

  • Numbers: 21 hai mươi mốt, 41 bốn mươi mốt, 81 tám mươi mốt. Not after mười: 11 is mười một.
  • Shortened tens: hai mốt = 21, ba mốt = 31 in casual speech; trăm mốt = 110 (a hundred and one-ten).
  • Day after tomorrow (South): ngày mốt; Northern ngày kia. Mai hoặc mốt em gọi. — I'll call tomorrow or the day after.
  • Fashion (from French mode): đúng mốt — in fashion; lỗi mốt — out of fashion.

Note the trap with trăm mốt: it means 110, not 101. Similarly nghìn mốt = 1,100 and triệu mốt = 1.1 million. For 101 say một trăm linh một / lẻ một.

See một for the full rule.

Etymology

Borrowed from French mode (“fashion”).

Frequently asked questions

What does mốt mean in English?

mốt (noun) means "fashion; trend".

How do you pronounce mốt?

IPA: Hanoi [mot̚˧˦]; Saigon [mok̚˦˥]. Tones: mốt — rising tone (sắc).

Meanings, pronunciation and etymology from English Wiktionary (wiktionary.org, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed and edited; example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). IPA shown for three accents: Hanoi (Northern), Huế (Central) and Saigon (Southern). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice, for reference only. Levels are approximate, estimated from word frequency. Spotted a mistake? Let NgonNgu know.