アカウント

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English account.[1][2]

First cited to a dictionary of loanwords from 1914.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ウント [àkáꜜùǹtò] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ka̠ɯ̟̃ᵝnto̞]

Noun

アカウント • (akaunto) 

  1. (computing) account
    Synonym: (slang) (aka)
  2. (accounting, uncommon) account [from 1914]
    Synonyms: 勘定 (kanjō), 口座 (kōza)

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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