ランプ

Japanese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch lamp,[1][3][4][5][6] later reinforced by English lamp.[1][2][4][5][7]

Alternative forms

Noun

ランプ • (ranpu) 

  1. a lamp, especially a western-style oil lamp
    石(せき)油(ゆ)ランプ ― sekiyu ranpu ― an oil lamp
    • 1999 August 26, “ランプの魔(ま)精(せい)・ラ・ジーン [La Jeen, the Magical Genie of the Lamp]”, in Booster 4‎, Konami:
      呼(よ)び出(だ)した主(しゅ)人(じん)の言(い)うことを、何(なん)でも聞(き)いてくれるランプの精(せい)。
      Yobidashita shujin no iu koto o, nan de mo kiite kureru ranpu no sei.
      This genie of the lamp listens to whatever master who summons him.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English ramp.[1][2][5][6][7]

Noun

ランプ • (ranpu) 

  1. a ramp (inclined surface)
  2. Clipping of ランプウェー (ranpuwē, “rampway”).

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English rump.[1][5][6][7]

Noun

ランプ • (ranpu) 

  1. rump (a cut of meat from the rump of an animal)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 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
  4. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  5. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  6. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  7. 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
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