ピザ
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Japanese
Alternative forms
- ピッツァ (pittsa) (less common)
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian pizza, appears to be a transliteration (based on the original Italian spelling) rather than a transcription (which is ピッツァ (pittsa), based on the Italian pronunciation).
Pronunciation
Noun
- pizza
- ピザ屋
- piza-ya
- a pizzeria
- ピザ屋
- (slang, derogatory) fatty; fatso
Usage notes
- This form with the /z/ pronunciation is much more common than the ピッツァ (pittsa) form with the /t͡s/ pronunciation.
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN