コール天

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天
てん Grade: 1

Etymology

Compound of コール (kōru, “corded”) +‎ 天 (ten), the latter an abbreviation of 天鵞絨 (tengajū, “velvet”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) コールてん [kòórútéń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɾɯ̟ᵝtẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

コール天(てん) • (kōruten)

corduroy

Synonyms

コーデュロイ (kōdyuroi)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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