đệ nhất

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 第一 (“first”). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗe˧˨ʔ ɲət̚˧˦] (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗej˨˩ʔ ɲək̚˦˧˥] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗej˨˩˨ ɲək̚˦˥] === Adjective === đệ nhất first ==== Usage notes ==== Used in titles of monarch, for example Elizabeth Đệ nhất ("Elizabeth the 1st"). Otherwise, mostly found in compounds and fixed expressions, the normal words for "first" (as in "first person" or "first day") are thứ nhất and đầu tiên. ==== Derived terms ====