walkman
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Genericized trademark from the Sony trademark, Walkman.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun edit
walkman (plural walkmans or (uncommon) walkmen)
- A portable personal audio cassette player with headphones.
- 2015, Aaron Sorkin, Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs, spoken by Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender):
- Because I can't stand looking at that inexplicable Walkman anymore. You're carrying around a brick playing a cassette tape. We're not savages—so I'm gonna put a thousand songs in your pocket.
- (Philippines, informal) pig's ears, chopped, shaved, marinated, skewered, then grilled, sold as street food
Related terms edit
Translations edit
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French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English walkman.
Noun edit
walkman m (plural walkmans)
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English walkman.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
walkman m (invariable)
- walkman (portable cassette player)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ walkman in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English walkman.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
walkman m inan
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | walkman | walkmany |
genitive | walkmana | walkmanów |
dative | walkmanowi | walkmanom |
accusative | walkman/walkmana | walkmany |
instrumental | walkmanem | walkmanami |
locative | walkmanie | walkmanach |
vocative | walkmanie | walkmany |
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English walkman.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
walkman m (plural walkmans or walkmen or walkman)
- walkman (portable cassette player)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English walkman.
Noun edit
walkman n (plural walkmenuri)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) walkman | walkmanul | (niște) walkmenuri | walkmenurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) walkman | walkmanului | (unor) walkmenuri | walkmenurilor |
vocative | walkmanule | walkmenurilor |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English walkman.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
walkman m (plural walkman)
Usage notes edit
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading edit
- “walkman”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014