七面鳥

Japanese

Kanji in this term
七	面	鳥
しち Grade: 1	めん Grade: 3	ちょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

七 (shichi, “seven”) +‎ 面 (men, “face”) +‎ 鳥 (chō, “bird”)

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) しちめんちょー [shìchíméńchóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
- IPA^(key): [ɕi̥t͡ɕimẽ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

七面鳥 (hiragana しちめんちょう, katakana シチメンチョウ, rōmaji shichimenchō, historical hiragana しちめんてう, historical katakana シチメンテウ)

a wild turkey
(by extension) a turkey (bird)

Synonyms

(turkey): ターキー (tākī), カラクン (karakun), カラクン鳥 (ちょう) (karakun-chō)

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
↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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