ホッチキス

Japanese

Alternative forms

ホチキス (hochikisu)

Etymology

Borrowed from English Hotchkiss, after the E. H. Hotchkiss Company of Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S., an early and prominent manufacturer of staplers.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ホッチキス [hóꜜtchìkìsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ho̞t̚t͡ɕi̥kʲi̥sɨᵝ]

Noun

ホッチキス (rōmaji hotchikisu)

a stapler (device which binds together paper)

Synonyms

ステープラー (sutēpurā)

Descendants

Korean: 호치키스 (hochikiseu)

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