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Etymology edit

Borrowed from English pattern.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

パターン (patān

  1. pattern
    1. an arrangement of elements
      パターン(にん)(しき)patān ninshikipattern recognition
    2. a sequence of events, behaviors, facts, etc.
      • 2016, Takashi Iba, Fumio Kajiwara, Purojekuto dezain patan [Project design patterns], page 20:
        これは [] 「どのように()(かく)・プロジェクトを(おこな)うのか」という「(こう)()のデザイン」のパターンです。
        Kore wa [] “dono yō ni kikaku purojekuto o okonau no ka” to iu “kōi no dezain” no patān desu.
        This refers to patterns of so-called “behavior design” for “how to plan / carry out a project”.
    3. (textiles) a template for pieces of a garment
      • 2008, Kurai-muki no patān bukku burausu [KURAI MUKI pattern book: blouse], →ISBN, page 35:
        S()M(ちゅう)L(だい)LL(とくだい)(よん) サイズの(じつ)(ぶつ)(だい)パターンがついています。
        Ko, chū, dai, tokudai no yon saizu no jitsubutsudai patān ga tsuiteimasu.
        Actual size patterns for four sizes, S, M, L, and XL are included.

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN