ホモサピエンス

Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin Homo sapiens, the species name.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ホモサ​ピエンス [hòmósáꜜpìèǹsù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2][3]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞mo̞sa̠pʲiẽ̞ɰ̃sɨᵝ]

Noun

ホモサピエンス (rōmaji homosapiensu)

  1. Homo sapiens

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 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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