ベジタブル

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English vegetable.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ベ​ジタブル [béꜜjìtàbùrù] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA(key): [be̞ʑita̠bɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

ベジタブル • (bejitaburu) 

  1. (food) vegetable

Usage notes

Often found in combination with similarly borrowed terms, such as ベジタブル・スープ、ベジタブル・スムージー (bejitaburu sūpu, bejitaburu sumūjī, “vegetable soup, vegetable smoothie”).

Synonyms

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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