バイト

Japanese

Etymology 1

Clipping of アルバイト (arubaito),[1][2][3] from German Arbeit.

Pronunciation

Noun

バイト • (baito

  1. [from 1959] clipping of アルバイト (arubaito, part-time job)
    • 1996 February 20 [1988 February 15], Mitsuru Adachi, “交差点前 [In Front of the Intersection]”, in SHORT(ショート) PROGRAM(プログラム) [Short Program], 25th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 46:
      バイト(かね)(はい)ったのか…
      Baito no kane ga haitta no ka…
      Just got your part-time paycheck, didn’t ya…

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Noun

バイト • (baito

  1. [from 1968] (computing) byte

Etymology 3

From Dutch beitel,[3] English bit or English bite.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

バイト • (baito

  1. [from 1937] a tool bit

Etymology 4

From English bite.[2][3]

Noun

バイト • (baito

  1. the act of biting or chewing
  2. the act of interlocking or fastening something (e.g. gears, fastener, etc.)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 バイト”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 バイト”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 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
  5. 5.0 5.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN