オベリスク

Japanese

Etymology

Either from French obélisque[1][2][3] or from English obelisk.[4][5][6]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) オベリ​スク [òbéríꜜsùkù] (Nakadaka – [3])[6][2]
  • IPA(key): [o̞be̞ɾʲisɨ̥ᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

オベリスク • (oberisuku) 

  1. (architecture) an obelisk (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
  4. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  5. 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  6. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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