マイカー

Japanese

Etymology

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from my +‎ car, equivalent to マイ (mai, “my”) + カー (kā, “car”). This word was coined by Haruo Hamaguchi (浜口治男) in 1956 and used widely after publishing the book named “マイ・カー” by Yoshirō Hoshino (星野芳郎) in 1961.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ma̠ika̠ː]

Noun

マイカー • (maikā) 

  1. privately owned car
    • 2020 May 20, “教(きょう)習(しゅう)所(じょ)では教(おし)えてくれない！ 初(しょ)心(しん)者(しゃ)やペーパードライバーが公(こう)道(どう)デビュー前(まえ)に知(し)っておくべき１２(じゅうに)のマナー”, in Web Cartop‎:
      とくに、小(ちい)さな子(こ)供(ども)のいる家(か)庭(てい)でマイカー移(い)動(どう)のメリットが見(み)直(なお)されているという。
      Toku ni, chīsana kodomo no iru katei de maikā idō no meritto ga minaosarete iru to iu.
      In particular, families with small children are reassessing the benefits of traveling by their own car.

Synonyms
  • 自(じ)家(か)用(よう)車(しゃ) (jikayōsha)

References
  1. “マイカーとは”, in コトバンク, 2020 May 28 (last accessed)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.