See also: toyota, toyotą, and Toyotą

English

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A Toyota logo.

Etymology

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From Japanese トヨタ (Toyota), from the name of the Toyoda family. The spelling was changed to Toyota because of a belief that it sounded better, or because トヨタ takes eight strokes to write, and 8 is considered lucky.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /tɔɪˈəʊtə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /tɔɪˈoʊtə/, /taɪˈoʊtə/, [tɔɪ̯ˈoʊ̯ɾə], [taɪ̯ˈoʊ̯ɾə]
  • Rhymes: -əʊtə

Proper noun

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Toyota (countable and uncountable, plural Toyotas)

  1. (countable) A surname from Japanese.
  2. A city near Nagoya in Japan, where the eponymous manufacturer has its headquarters.
  3. (automotive) The Toyota Motor Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer of cars.
  4. (automotive) A brand of car manufactured by Toyota.
    Coordinate term: Lexus
    • 2001, Stephen Brown, Marketing – the Retro Revolution, London: SAGE Publications, →ISBN, page 139:
      It is the prelapsarian Polynesia of free love, noble savagery, Kon Tiki rafting and Easter Island statuary, not the Levi’s-wearing, Toyota-driving, pédalo-pushing, efflorescent-cocktails-in-a-split-coconut-serving pseudo-paradise that awaits latter-day travellers.

Derived terms

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Translations

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Noun

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Toyota (plural Toyotas)

  1. (automotive) A car of the brand Toyota

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Further reading

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /toˈjoːta/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

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Toyota n (proper noun, strong, genitive Toyotas)

  1. Toyota (company)

Noun

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Toyota m (strong, genitive Toyotas or Toyota, plural Toyotas or Toyota)

  1. Toyota (car of that company)

Japanese

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Romanization

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Toyota

  1. Rōmaji transcription of とよた

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese 豊田 (Toyota) or Japanese トヨタ (Toyota).

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌtojˈɔ.tɐ/ [ˌtoɪ̯ˈɔ.tɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌtojˈɔ.ta/ [ˌtoɪ̯ˈɔ.ta]

  • Hyphenation: To‧yo‧ta

Proper noun

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Toyota f

  1. Toyota (a Japanese automotive manufacturer)