プレハブ

Japanese

Etymology

From English prefab, with unusual phonetics (ha instead of *fa).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) プレハブ [pùréhábú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [pɯ̟ᵝɾe̞ha̠bɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

プレハブ • (purehabu) 

  1. (construction) prefabricated building
    プレハブを建(た)てる
    purehabu o tateru
    to build a prefabricated building
    プレハブ病(びょう)棟(とう)
    purehabu byōtō
    prefabricated hospital ward

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