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. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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