プレート

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English plate.

Pronunciation

Noun

プレート • (purēto

  1. plate (metal sheet)
    Synonym: 板金(いたがね) (itagane)
  2. (geology) tectonic plate
    太平洋(たいへいよう)プレートTaiheiyō Purētothe Pacific plate
  3. (baseball) home plate
  4. plate (flat dish)
    Synonym: (さら) (sara)
  5. (engineering, electricity) plate (vacuum tube anode)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN