コンセント
Japanese
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Etymology
[edit]Clipping of コンセントリックプラグ (konsentorikku puragu), wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from concentric + plug,[1][2][3] used since the late Meiji period.[1] Sometimes the source word is mistaken for the unrelated English consent, which would be transliterated the same way.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Tokyo) コンセント [kóꜜǹsèǹtò] (Atamadaka – [1])[3][4][5]
- (Tokyo) コンセント [kòńséꜜǹtò] (Nakadaka – [3])[3][4]
- IPA(key): [kõ̞ɰ̃sẽ̞nto̞]
Noun
[edit]- a wall socket; an outlet
Derived terms
[edit]- 光コンセント (hikari konsento)
Descendants
[edit]- → Korean: 콘센트 (konsenteu)
See also
[edit]- ソケット (soketto)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN