tuyệt giống

Dòng họ đó đã tuyệt giống từ nhiều thế kỷ trước.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Extinct (of a lineage or race): The primary meaning of "tuyệt giống" is used to describe a biological lineage, family line, or race that has died out and no longer has any living members. It refers to the complete termination of a genetic line.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Loài khủng long đã tuyệt giống từ lâu. (The dinosaur species became extinct long ago.)
  • Dòng họ quý tộc đó cuối cùng cũng tuyệt giống. (That noble family line finally became extinct.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is almost exclusively used in formal, biological, anthropological, or historical contexts to discuss the end of a specific genetic or familial line. It is not typically used for languages or cultures (which would be "tuyệt chủng" for species or "biến mất" for cultures).

Variants and Related Words

• Tuyệt chủng (adj): Extinct (of a species). This is a more common and broader term for species extinction.

  • Hổ Siberia có nguy cơ tuyệt chủng. (The Siberian tiger is at risk of extinction.)

• Tuyệt tự (adj): Having no heir; ending a family line. This focuses on the lack of descendants to continue a family name.

  • Ông ấy lo lắng sẽ tuyệt tự. (He worries he will have no heir.)

Synonyms

• Extinct: (of a lineage) having no living members.
• Died out: to become extinct.

Notes on Usage

• "Tuyệt giống" is a specialized and somewhat literary term. In modern Vietnamese, "tuyệt chủng" is far more frequently used when discussing extinction in general, especially for animal or plant species. "Tuyệt giống" specifically emphasizes the end of a particular "giống" (breed, strain, lineage).