グラビアアイドル
Japanese
Alternative forms
- グラドル
Etymology
Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from gravure + idol,[1] equivalent to グラビア (gurabia) + アイドル (aidoru).
Noun
グラビアアイドル • (gurabia aidoru)
- A pin-up girl, a (generally young) woman featured in sexy or alluring photographs or other images. Often pictured in a bikini or similarly revealing costume, but not nude.
References
- “グラビアアイドル”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months