仏語

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
仏	語
ふつ Grade: 5	ご Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
佛語 (kyūjitai)

仏 (Futsu, “France”) +‎ 語 (-go, “language”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふつご [fùtsúgó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟̊ᵝt͡sɨᵝɡo̞]

Proper noun

仏(ふつ)語(ご) • (Futsugo) 

1. the French language

Synonyms

• 仏蘭西(フランス)語(ご) (Furansugo)
• フランス語(ご) (Furansugo)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
仏	語
ぶつ Grade: 5	ご Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
佛語 (kyūjitai)

仏 (Butsu, “Buddha”) +‎ 語 (-go, “words, speech”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぶつご [bùtsúgó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝɡo̞]

Noun

仏(ぶつ)語(ご) • (butsugo) 

1. the teachings of Buddha
2. Buddhist terminology