アイロン

Japanese
アイロン (airon): an electric steam iron.

Etymology

Borrowed from English iron.[1][2][3][4][5] This form is partly a transliteration, compared to the pure transcription form アイアン (aian). Compare other examples of "pseudo-transcriptions", such as カーソル (kāsoru), オーストラリア (Ōsutoraria), マニア (mania), アナル (anaru), etc.

Pronunciation

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Noun

アイロン • (airon) 

  1. an iron (for pressing clothes)
    アイロンをかける
    airon o kakeru
    to iron something

Descendants
  • → Amis: aylong
  • → Rukai: ayrungu
  • → Sakizaya: aylung

See also

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
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