クレパス

Japanese

Etymology

A genericized trademark from サクラクレパス (Sakura Kurepasu “Sakura Color Products Corporation”), from クレヨン (kureyon) + パステル (pasuteru), from French crayon pastel.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) クレパス [kùréꜜpàsù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ɾe̞pa̠sɨ]

Noun

クレパス • (kurepasu) 

  1. pastel, crayon, colored pencil

Descendants

  • Korean: 크레파스 (keurepaseu)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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