onsen

English

One of the outdoor baths at an onsen at the onsen in Nachikatsuura, Japan
A room at a traditional onsen

Etymology

From Japanese 温泉 (onsen), from Middle Chinese 溫泉 (ʔuən d͡ziuᴇn, hot springs), from (wēn, warm) + (quán, spring[s]). Compare the modern Mandarin pronunciation 溫泉温泉 (wēnquán).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɒnˈsɛn/, /ˈɒnsɛn/
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Noun

onsen (plural onsen or onsens)

  1. A (Japanese) hot spring.
    The hottest springs in Japan aren't in the north but at the Obama Onsen outside Nagasaki.
  2. A Japanese-style resort hotel at a natural hot spring, offering on-site bathing.
    We stayed at a traditional onsen with tatami, yukata, and kaiseki at Onyang outside Seoul.

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Japanese 温泉(おんせん) (onsen, hot spring), from Middle Chinese 溫泉温泉 (ʔwon-dzüen, “hot spring”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /on.sɛn/
  • Hyphenation: on‧sèn

Noun

onsen (first-person possessive onsenku, second-person possessive onsenmu, third-person possessive onsennya)

  1. hot spring, onsen.

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese.

Noun

onsen m (invariable)

  1. onsen

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

onsen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of おんせん

Portuguese

Noun

onsen m (plural onsens)

  1. onsen (a Japanese hot spring)

Spanish

Noun

onsen m (plural onsens)

  1. onsen
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