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Japanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Chinese 電氣 / 电气 (“electricity”), attested since the 1850s.
The electric light sense arose from a contraction of 電気灯 (denkitō), itself from this same 電気 (denki, “electricity; electric”) + 灯 (tō, “lighting”). This sense is first attested in 1901.
Pronunciation
Noun
電気 • (denki)
- electricity
- Synonyms: 電力 (denryoku, more specifically about electric power), エレキ (ereki, dated), エレキテル (erekiteru, archaic)
- electric light
- Synonym: 電灯 (dentō)
Derived terms
- 電磁気 (denjiki, “electromagnetism”)
- 電気椅子 (denki isu, “electric chair”)
- 電気鰻 (denki unagi)
- 電気街 (denkigai)
- 電気回路 (denki kairo, “electric circuit”)
- 電気釜 (denkigama)
- 電気剃刀 (denki kamisori, “electric razor”)
- 電気楽器 (denki gakki, “electric musical instrument”)
- 電気器具 (denki kigu, “electrical appliance”)
- 電気ギター (denki gitā, “electric guitar”)
- 電気柵 (denkisaku, “electric fence”)
- 電気光学 (denkikōgaku)
- 電気工学 (denkikōgaku)
- 電気自動車 (denki jidōsha, “electric car”)
- 電気ストーブ (denki sutōbu, “electric heater”)
- 電気系統 (denki keitō, “electrical system”)
- 電気痙攣療法 (denki keiren ryōhō, “electroconvulsive therapy”)
- 電気製品 (denki seihin, “electronic goods”)
- 電気双極子 (denki sōkyōshi, “electric dipole”)
- 電気掃除機 (denki sōjiki, “electric vacuum cleaner”)
- 電気通信 (denkitsūshin)
- 電気抵抗 (denki teitō, “electrical resistance”)
- 電気鯰 (denki namazu)
- 電気分解 (denki bunkai, “electrolysis”)
- 電気風呂 (denkifuro)
- 電気毛布 (denki mōfu, “electric blanket”)
- 電気屋 (denkiya)
- 電気料金 (denki ryōkin, “electricity charges, power rates”)
- 電気療法 (denki ryōhō, “electrotherapy”)
- 電気炉 (denkiro, “electric furnace”)
- 陰電気 (indenki)
- 正電気 (shōdenki)
- 静電気 (seidenki, “static electricity”)
- 陽電気 (yōdenki)
Descendants
See also
References
- ^ Yutaka Fujita, 「電気」語源考, Nihon Eigakushi Kenkyūkai Kenkyū Hōkoku, 1967, no. 76
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 “電気”, in 日本国語大辞典 (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.