Japanese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English gravure.[1][2] Compare French gravure.

First attested in 1930.[2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

グラビア (gurabia

  1. [from 1930] rotogravure (a printing process)
  2. [from 1943] rotogravure (a print made by such a method)

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 グラビア”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  3. ^ 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