コール天

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天
てん
Grade: 1

Etymology

Compound of コール (kōru, “corded”) +‎ 天 (ten), the latter an abbreviation of 天鵞絨 (tengajū, “velvet”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) コールてん [kòórútéń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ːɾɯ̟tẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

コール天(てん) • (kōruten) 

  1. corduroy

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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