コール天

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天
てん Grade: 1

Etymology

Compound of コール (kōru, “corded”) +‎ 天 (ten), the latter an abbreviation of 天鵞絨 (tengajū, “velvet”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) コールてん [kòórútéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɾɯ̟ᵝtẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

コール天 (hiragana and katakana コールてん, rōmaji kōruten)

corduroy

Synonyms

コーデュロイ (kōdyuroi)

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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