iot

Borrowed from English yacht.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈjɔt]

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• Rhymes: -ɔt

iot m (plural iots)

1. yacht

• “iot”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• i-ốt

From French iode.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔi˧˧ ʔot̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɪj˧˧ ʔok̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɪj˧˧ ʔok̚˦˥]
• Phonetic spelling: i ốt

iot

1. iodine

   thiếu iot ― mentally retarded (literally, “iodine-deficient”)

Southern speakers pronounce this word with the phoneme /t/, not /k/.