メタン
Japanese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Methan.[1][2][3] Listed as a borrowing from English methane by some sources,[3][4] but this seems less likely considering the phonology.
First cited to a text from 1914.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- [from 1914] (organic chemistry) methane
Synonyms edit
- メタンガス (metan gasu)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN