敵性語

敵性語

Japanese

Kanji in this term
敵	性	語
てき Grade: 6	せい Grade: 5	ご Grade: 2
kan’on		goon

Etymology

Compound of 敵(てき)性(せい) (tekisei, “enemy's”) + 語(ご) (-go, “language; word”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てきせーご [tèkíséégó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [te̞kʲise̞ːɡo̞]

Noun

敵(てき)性(せい)語(ご) • (tekiseigo) 

1. (historical) languages spoken by the Allied Powers and borrowed words in Japanese that originated from such languages, especially English

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN