タブレット

タブレット

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English tablet.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) タ​ブレット [táꜜbùrèttò] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
• (Tokyo) タブレ​ット [tàbúréꜜttò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠bɯ̟ᵝɾe̞t̚to̞]

Noun

タブレット • (taburetto) 

1. a tablet, as of slate or clay
2. (medicine) a tablet of medicine, a pill
3. (computing) a tablet computer
4. (rail transport) a staff or tablet as used in railway signalling, such as the Tyer's Electric Train Tablet

Derived terms

• (computing): ペンタブレット (pen taburetto)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN