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แดรคคิวล่า draaekL khiuM laaF (13.) |
pronunciation guide | |
Phonemic Thai | แดฺรก-คิว-ล่า |
IPA | drɛ̀ːk kʰiw lâː |
Royal Thai General System | draekkhiola |
alternate spellings | แดร็คคูล่า | draekL khuuM laaF (13.) | |
แดร็กคิวล่า | draekL khiuM laaF (13.) | ||
pronunciation note | 13. Double consonant combination ดร is transcribed as 'DR'. This is usually only the case for loanwords from other languages such as English. Some Thais may pronounce it as ดะ-ร- | ||
[proper noun, person, loanword, English] | |||
definition | [Thai transcription of the foreign loanword] Dracula; a 1897 novel by Bram Stoker; the central character in this novel, the archetype of a vampire | ||
related words | ผีดิบ | pheeR dipL | someone whose face or behaviour shows no feeling, deference, understanding, or interest in what is going on around them |
ผีดิบดูดเลือด | pheeR dipL duutL leuuatF | vampire | |
ผีดิบแฟรงเก็นสไตน์ | pheeR dipL fraaengM genM saL dtaiM | the Frankenstein monster | |
ผีดูดเลือด | pheeR duutL leuuatF | vampire; blood-sucking creature | |
แวมไพร์ | waaemM phaiM | [Thai transcription of the foreign loanword] vampire | |
example | เคานต์แดรคคิวล่า | khaoM naH draaekL khiuM laaF | [Thai transcription of the foreign loanword, "Count Dracula"] |