タブレット

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English tablet.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) タ​ブレット [táꜜbùrèttò] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • (Tokyo) タブレ​ット [tàbúréꜜttò] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ta̠bɯ̟ᵝɾe̞t̚to̞]

Noun

タブレット (rōmaji taburetto)

  1. a tablet, as of slate or clay
  2. (medicine) a tablet of medicine, a pill
  3. (computing) a tablet computer
  4. (rail transport) a staff or tablet as used in railway signalling, such as the Tyer's Electric Train Tablet

Derived terms

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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