アイドル

アイドル

Japanese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English idol,[1][2][3] from Latin idolum, from Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image, idol”), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéydos (“seeing, image”), from *weyd- (“to see”).

First attested in the late 1880s.[3]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ア​イドル [áꜜìdòrù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [a̠ido̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

アイドル • (aidoru) 

1. idol (Asian popular performer)
2. popular person

   Synonym: 人気者 (ninkimono)

   クラスのアイドル

   kurasu no aidoru

   popular person in class

Descendants

• → Chinese: 愛抖露
• → Chinese: 愛豆

See also

• 偶(ぐう)像(ぞう) (gūzō)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English idle.[1][2]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) アイドル [àídórú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [a̠ido̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

アイドル • (aidoru) 

1. (in compounds) idle

   アイドル時(じ)間(かん)

   aidoru jikan

   (computing) idle time

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. “アイドル”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
3. “アイドル”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN