クワタ

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English quad.[1][2][3] Alternatively, may be a shift from English quadrat (from which quad is a shortening).[2][4]

First cited to a bookmaking and printing-related work from 1948.[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) クワタ [kúꜜwàtà] (Atamadaka – [1])[3]
(Tokyo) クワタ [kùwátá] (Heiban – [0])[3]
IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɰᵝa̠ta̠]

Noun

クワタ • (kuwata)

[from 1948] (typography) a quad: a spacer used in metal typesetting
Hypernym: 込め物 (komemono, literally “insert, inserted thing”)

Coordinate terms: インテル (interu, “interline”), スペース (supēsu, “space”)

全(ぜん)角(かく)クワタ、半(はん)角(かく)クワタ
zenkaku kuwata, hankaku kuwata
an em quad, an en quad

References

“クワタ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
“クワタ”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.