バイト

Japanese

Etymology 1

Clipping of アルバイト (arubaito),[1][2][3] from German Arbeit.

Pronunciation

Noun

バイト • (baito) 

  1. [from 1959] Clipping of アルバイト (arubaito, “part-time job”).
    • 1996 February 20 [1988 February 15], Mitsuru Adachi, “交差点前 [In Front of the Intersection]”, in SHORT(ショート) PROGRAM(プログラム) (SHORT(ショート) PROGRAM(プログラム)) [Short Program], 25th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 46:
      バイトの金(かね)が入(はい)ったのか…
      Baito no kane ga haitta no ka…
      Just got your part-time paycheck, didn’t ya…

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English byte.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

バイト • (baito) 

  1. [from 1968] (computing) byte

Etymology 3

From Dutch beitel,[3] English bit or English bite.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

バイト • (baito) 

  1. [from 1937] a tool bit

Etymology 4

From English bite.[2][3]

Noun

バイト • (baito) 

  1. the act of biting or chewing
  2. the act of interlocking or fastening something (e.g. gears, fastener, etc.)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. “バイト”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. “バイト”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  4. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  5. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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