チーター

Japanese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English cheetah,[1][2] from Hindi चीता (cītā).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) チーター [chíꜜìtàà] (Atamadaka – [1])[3]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕiːta̠ː]

Noun

チーター • (chītā) 

  1. a cheetah
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English cheater.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕiːta̠ː]

Noun

チーター • (chītā) 

  1. (computer games) cheater

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “チーター”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  2. ^ “チーター”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[2] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  3. ^ 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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