モーニングコール

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English morning call,[1][2][3][4] a synonym for alarm call (UK) or wake-up call (US), attested in American English since at least 1911,[5] but which now appears to be more common in English usage in eastern Asia.

First cited in Japanese to 1966.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) モーニングコ​ール [mòóníńgú kóꜜòrù] (Nakadaka – [6])[3][4]
  • IPA(key): [mo̞ːɲ̟ĩŋɡɯ̟ᵝ ko̞ːɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

モーニングコール • (mōningu kōru) 

  1. [from 1966] wake-up call (at a hotel)
    Synonym: ウエークアップコール (uēkuappu kōru)

References
  1. “モーニングコール”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 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
  5. 1911, The Lyceumite & Talent, volume 5, page 34: “The cardinal offense of a hotel clerk is missing a morning call when the date depends on it.” Google Books URL: https://books.google.com/books?id=EQ0cAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA4-PA34&dq=%22a+morning+call%22+%22hotel%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjJja-Vt9TxAhX8GDQIHRY8CyoQ6AEwAXoECCMQAg#v=onepage&q=%22a%20morning%20call%22%20%22hotel%22&f=false, accessed 2021-07-08.
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