kê-pi

Người lính đội chiếc kê-pi màu xanh.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Kepi: A type of military cap with a flat, circular top and a visor, historically associated with French and French-colonial armed forces, and subsequently with some Vietnamese military and police units.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Người lính đội chiếc kê-pi màu xanh. (The soldier wore a blue kepi.)
  • Kê-pi là một phần của đồng phục cảnh sát thời Pháp thuộc. (The kepi was part of the police uniform during the French colonial period.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "kê-pi" is a loanword from French ("képi"). Its use in Vietnamese is specific to historical or formal military/police contexts, often evoking the colonial era or certain traditional uniforms.

Variants and Related Words

• Mũ lưỡi trai (n): A modern, general term for a cap with a visor (e.g., baseball cap). This is a distinct, more common type of headwear.
• Mũ cát (n): A peaked cap or service cap, often with a higher, rounded crown. Another distinct style of formal military headgear.

Synonyms

• Military cap
• Peaked cap (in a broader sense)

Related Idioms

• There are no common idioms in Vietnamese that specifically feature the word "kê-pi."