タブレット

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English tablet.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ブレット [táꜜbùrèttò] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • (Tokyo) ブレット [tàbúréꜜttò] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ta̠bɯ̟ɾe̞t̚to̞]

Noun

タブレット • (taburetto

  1. a tablet, as of slate or clay
  2. (medicine) a tablet of medicine, a pill
  3. (computing) a tablet computer
  4. (rail transport) a staff or tablet as used in railway signalling, such as the Tyer's Electric Train Tablet

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN