園長

Japanese

Kanji in this term
園	長
えん Grade: 2	ちょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

/wentyau/ > /entyoː/ [entɕoː].

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) えんちょー [éꜜǹchòò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

園(えん)長(ちょう) • (enchō) ^{←ゑんちゃう (wentyau)^?}

person in charge of an 園 (en) – zoo (動物園), kindergarten (幼稚園), etc.

See also

校(こう)長(ちょう) (kōchō, “principal of a school”)
社(しゃ)長(ちょう) (shachō, “CEO”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN