七面鳥

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
七 面 鳥
しち
Grade: 1 		めん
Grade: 3 		ちょう
Grade: 2
goon
 シチメンチョウ on Japanese Wikipedia
 シチメンチョウ属 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

七 (shichi, “seven”) +‎ 面 (men, “face”) +‎ 鳥 (chō, “bird”)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

七(しち)面(めん)鳥(ちょう) or 七面鳥(シチメンチョウ) • (shichimenchō) ←しちめんてう (sitimenteu) or シチメンテウ (sitimenteu)?

  1. a wild turkey
  2. (by extension) a turkey (bird)
    Synonyms: ターキー (tākī), カラクン (karakun), カラクン鳥 (karakun-chō)

Usage notes[edit]

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as シチメンチョウ.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (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

Korean[edit]

Hanja in this term
七面鳥

Noun[edit]

七面鳥 • (chilmyeonjo) (hangeul 칠면조)

  1. Hanja form? of 칠면조 (“turkey”).
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