パーレン

Japanese

Etymology

Shortened from German Parenthese.[1] Compare English paren.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーレン [páꜜàrèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [pa̠ːɾẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

パーレン • (pāren

  1. a parenthesis (either of a pair of brackets ( ))

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN