ブーツ

ブーツ

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English boots.[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ブ​ーツ [búꜜùtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ᵝːt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

ブーツ • (būtsu) 

1. boots

   Synonyms: 長靴 (nagagutsu), (rare) 深靴 (fukagutsu)

See also

• 靴(くつ) (kutsu, “shoe”)
• シューズ (shūzu, “shoe”)

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
4. “ブーツ”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014