バイト

Japanese

Etymology 1

Clipping of アルバイト (arubaito), from German Arbeit.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) バイト [bàító] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ba̠ito̞]

Noun

バイト (rōmaji baito)

Clipping of アルバイト (arubaito, “part-time job”).
- 1996 February 20 [Feb 15 1988], Adachi, Mitsuru, “交差点前 [In Front of the Intersection]”, in SHORT PROGRAMショート・プログラム [SHORT PROGRAM], volume 1 (fiction), 25th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 46:
  
  バイトの金 (かね)が入 (はい)ったのか…
  Baito no kane ga haitta no ka…
  Just got your part-time paycheck, ain’t ya…

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English byte

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) バイト [bàító] (Heiban – [0])[2][1]
(Tokyo) バイト [báꜜìtò] (Atamadaka – [1])[3][1]
IPA^(key): [ba̠ito̞]

Noun

バイト (rōmaji baito)

(computing) byte

Etymology 3

From Dutch beitel

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) バイト [bàító] (Heiban – [0])[3]
IPA^(key): [ba̠ito̞]

Noun

バイト (rōmaji baito)

a tool bit

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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