アイドル

Japanese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English idol,[1][2][3] from Latin idolum, from Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image, idol”), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéydos (“seeing, image”), from *weyd- (“to see”).

First attested in the late 1880s.[3]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ア​イドル [áꜜìdòrù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ido̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

アイドル • (aidoru) 

  1. idol (Asian popular performer)
  2. popular person
    Synonym: 人気者 (ninkimono)
    クラスのアイドル
    kurasu no aidoru
    popular person in class
Descendants
  • → Chinese: 愛抖露／爱抖露 (àidǒulù)
  • → Chinese: 愛豆／爱豆 (àidòu)
See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English idle.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) アイドル [àídórú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ido̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

アイドル • (aidoru) 

  1. (in compounds) idle
    アイドル時(じ)間(かん)
    aidoru jikan
    (computing) idle time

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. “アイドル”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. “アイドル”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
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