グラビア

グラビア

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English gravure.[1][2] Compare French gravure.

First attested in 1930.[2]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) グラビア [gùrábíá] (Heiban – [0])[1][3]
• IPA^(key): [ɡɯ̟ᵝɾa̠bʲia̠]

Noun

グラビア • (gurabia) 

1. [from 1930] rotogravure (a printing process)
2. [from 1943] rotogravure (a print made by such a method)

Derived terms

• グラビアアイドル (gurabia aidoru, “bikini model”)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. “グラビア”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN