ベビーカー

Japanese

ベビーカー (bebī kā): a stroller, a baby carriage.

Etymology

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from baby + car.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ビーカ [bèbíí káꜜà] (Nakadaka – [4])[2]
  • (Tokyo) ーカー [bèbíꜜì kàà] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [be̞bʲiː ka̠ː]

Noun

ベビーカー • (bebī kā) 

  1. a stroller, a baby carriage

Synonyms

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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