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. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, 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. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  5. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  6. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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