dien bien phu

1. 1.

   the French military base fell after a siege by Vietnam troops that lasted 56 days; ended the involvement of France in Indochina in 1954

   Broadersiege

   Vietnam

Questions about dien bien phu

What does dien bien phu mean?

dien bien phu means "the French military base fell after a siege by Vietnam troops that lasted 56 days; ended the involvement of France in Indochina in 1954".

Is dien bien phu a common word?

dien bien phu is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.