ランプ

Japanese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
洋灯 (dated)

Borrowed from Dutch lamp,[1][3][4][5][6] later reinforced by English lamp.[1][2][4][5][7]

Noun

ランプ • (ranpu

  1. a western-style oil lamp
    (せき)()ランプsekiyu ranpuan oil lamp
    • 1999 August 26, “ランプの()(せい)・ラ・ジーン [La Jeen, the Magical Genie of the Lamp]”, in Booster 4[1], Konami:
      ()()した(しゅ)(じん)()うことを、(なん)でも()いてくれるランプ(せい)
      Yobidashita shujin no iu koto o, nan de mo kiite kureru ranpu no sei.
      This genie of the lamp listens to whatever master who summons him.
  2. (more generally) lighting, illumination, a lamp

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English ramp.[1][2][5][6][7]

Noun

ランプ • (ranpu

  1. a ramp (inclined surface)
  2. clipping of ランプウェー (ranpuwē, rampway)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English rump.[1][5][6][7]

Noun

ランプ • (ranpu

  1. rump (a cut of meat from the rump of an animal)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN