ピント

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Japanese

Etymology

From Dutch brandpunt.[1][2][3] Originally borrowed as ブランドピュント (burandopyunto) as listed in the 1861 edition of 写真鏡図説 (Shashinkyō Zusetsu, “The Illustrated Camera”) by Yanagawa Shunsan (1832–1870),[4] and later shortened to just ピント (pinto).

  • /burandopjunto/ → */pjunto/ → /pinto/

Pronunciation

Noun

ピント • (pinto) 

  1. focus (of a camera lens on something)
    Synonyms: 焦点 (shōten), フォーカス (fōkasu)
    ピントを合(あ)わせる
    pinto o awaseru
    to focus
    (literally, “to match up the focus”)

Descendants

  • → Korean: 핀트 (pinteu)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ 1861, Yanagawa Shunsan, 写真鏡図説 (Shashinkyō Zusetsu, “The Illustrated Camera”), text here on left side of left-hand page (accessed 2018-12-13)
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