パトカー

Japanese

パトカー (patokā): a police car.

Etymology

From English patrol car; shorter form of パトロールカー

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) パトカー [pàtóꜜkàà] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]

(Tokyo) パトカー [pàtókáꜜà] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]

IPA^(key): [pa̠to̞ka̠ː]

Noun

パトカー (counter 台, rōmaji patokā)

police car, patrol car

Synonyms

パトロールカー (patorōrukā) - regular form
交通取締用無線自動車 (こうつうとりしまりようむせんじどうしゃ) (kōtsū-torishimariyō-musen-jidōsha) - an official expression
警 (けい)邏 (ら)用 (よう)無 (む)線 (せん)自 (じ)動 (どう)車 (しゃ) (keirayō-musen-jidōsha) - an official expression
警 (けい)邏 (ら)車 (しゃ) (keirasha)

Related terms

ミニパト (minipato): Police K-car

References

1 2 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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