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˨˩˨]

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Noun

(classifier người) nô lệ

1. 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