バイキング

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowing from English Viking. Second meaning comes from name of restaurant, Viking, which introduced smorgasbord style into Japan.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) バイキング [báꜜìkìǹgù] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [ba̠ikʲĩŋɡɯ̟]

Noun

バイキング • (Baikingu) 

  1. alternative form of ヴァイキング (Vaikingu, “Viking”) (one of the Scandinavian seafaring warriors)
  2. short for バイキング料理 (Baikingu ryōri, “smorgasbord”)
    Synonyms: 食べ放題, ビュッフェ
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