các-ten

Vietnamese

Etymology

French cartel, German Kartell, used as a calque of Russian картель (kartelʹ).

Noun

các-ten

  1. (communism, Leninism, economics, business, capitalism) a cartel

Usage notes
  • As with many loanwords whose foreignness can still be felt, Southerners tend to pronounce the <n> as /n/, not as */ŋ/.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.