ポケットベル

Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from pocket +‎ bell, ポケット +‎ ベル.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ポケットベ​ル [pòkéttó béꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [po̞ke̞t̚to̞ be̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

ポケットベル • (poketto beru) 

  1. (telecommunications) a pager (device)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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