ルート

Japanese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɾɯ̟ᵝːto̞]

Etymology 1

From English route.

Noun

ルート (rōmaji rūto)

a route (as in a road or for a bus, or for information or goods in a transaction)

Synonyms

(set path along a road): 路線 (ろせん, rosen)
(for information or goods): 経路 (けいろ, keiro)

Etymology 2

From English root.

Noun

ルート (rōmaji rūto)

(mathematics, linguistics, music) a root (as in a square root, or an etymological root, or a root note in a chord)

Synonyms

(mathematics): 冪根 (べきこん, bekikon)
(mathematics): 根 (こん, kon)
(linguistics): 語根 (ごこん, gokon)
(music): 根音 (こんおん, kon'on)

Further reading

(mathematics): 冪根 (Nth root) on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
(mathematics): Nth root on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
(linguistics): 語根 (Word root) on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
(linguistics): Root (linguistics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
(music): 和音 (Chords) on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
(music): Root (chord) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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