アスベスト
Japanese
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アスベスト (asubesuto): a mineral sample showing naturally occurring asbestos fibers.
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch asbest (“asbestos”).[1][2][3][4]
Alternatively, may (also) be borrowed from German Asbest (“asbestos”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) アスベスト [àsúbéꜜs
ùtò] (Nakadaka – [3])[2] - IPA(key): [a̠sɨᵝbe̞sɨ̥ᵝto̞]
Noun
アスベスト (rōmaji asubesuto)
- asbestos
Synonyms
- 石綿 (ishiwata), 石綿 (sekimen)
- (dated) 石絨 (sekijū)
- (dated) 温石棉 (onjakumen)
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN