トロイの木馬

Japanese

Kanji in this term
木	馬
もく Grade: 1	ば Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From トロイ (Toroi, “Troy”) +‎ の (no, possessive particle) +‎ 木馬 (mokuba, “wooden horse”), calque of English Trojan horse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to̞ɾo̞i no̞ mo̞kɯ̟ᵝba̠]

Noun

トロイの木(もく)馬(ば) • (Toroi no mokuba) 

1. alternative form of トロイアの木馬 (Toroia no mokuba, “Trojan horse”) (epic wooden horse)
2. (computing) a Trojan horse (malicious program)