シート

See also: シード

Japanese

See also シーツ

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) シート [shíꜜìtò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiːto̞]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English seat.

Noun

シート • (shīto) 

1. a seat
2. (sports) a defender's position

Derived terms

Derived terms

• シートカバー (​shīto kabā): a seat cover
• シートノック (​shīto nokku): “seat knock” → a kind of baseball practice where outfielders take up their positions, and then field hits (ノック, nokku in Japanese)
• シートベルト (​shītoberuto): a seatbelt

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English sheet.

Noun

シート • (shīto) 

1. a sheet, as of paper, cloth, plastic, or rock

Derived terms

Derived terms

• シートパイル (​shīto pairu): sheet piling
• シートフィルム (​shīto firumu): sheet film, large-format photographic film
• シート防水 (シートぼうすい, ​shīto bōsui): sheet waterproofing, usually consisting of large sheets of plastic used as waterproof groundcover