ゼムクリップ

Japanese edit

 
Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ja

Etymology edit

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) from English Gem + clip,[1] Gem referring to the Gem Manufacturing Company (see   Paper clip on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ). Compare Swedish gem (paperclip) and English gem clip.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) ムクリップ [zèmúkúríꜜppù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • (Tokyo) ムクリップ [zèmúkúꜜrìppù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ze̞mɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝɾʲip̚pɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun edit

ゼムクリップ (zemukurippu

  1. paperclip

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN