コンセント

Japanese

Etymology

Clipping of コンセントリック (konsentorikku), from English concentric, from English concentric + plug,[1][2][3] used since the late Meiji period.[1] Sometimes the source word is mistakened for the unrelated English consent which would be transcribed the same way.[4]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) コンセント [kóꜜǹsèǹtò] (Atamadaka – [1])[3][5][6]
(Tokyo) コンセント [kòńséꜜǹtò] (Nakadaka – [3])[3][5]
IPA^(key): [kõ̞ɰ̃sẽ̞nto̞]

Noun

コンセント (rōmaji konsento)

a wall socket; an outlet

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth 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

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