ケージービー

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English KGB,[1] from Russian КГБ (KGB), through phonetic spelling of Комите́т госуда́рственной безопа́сности (Komitét gosudárstvennoj bezopásnosti, “State Security Committee”) and acronymization.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ケージービー [kèéjííbíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ke̞ːʑiːbʲiː]

Proper noun

ケージービー • (Kējībī) 

  1. the KGB

Usage notes

Synonyms

  • カーゲーベー (Kāgēbē)
  • ソ連国家保安委員会(れんこっかほあんいいんかい) (Soren Kokka Hoan Iinkai)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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