スリーサイズ

Japanese

Etymology

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from three +‎ size,[1] equivalent to スリー (surī) + サイズ (saizu).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) スリーサ​イズ [sùríí sáꜜìzù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sɨᵝɾʲiː sa̠izɨᵝ]

Noun

スリーサイズ • (surī saizu) 

  1. bust/waist/hip measurements; vital statistics

See also

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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