ピント

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Japanese

Etymology

From Dutch brandpunt.[1][2][3] Originally borrowed as ブランドピュント (burandopyunto) as listed in the 1861 edition of 写真鏡図説 (Shashinkyō Zusetsu, The Illustrated Camera) by Yanagawa Shunsan (1832–1870)[4], and later shortened to just ピント (pinto).

Pronunciation

Noun

ピント (pinto

  1. focus (of a camera lens on something)
    Synonyms: 焦点 (shōten), フォーカス (fōkasu)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ 1861, Yanagawa Shunsan, 写真鏡図説 (Shashinkyō Zusetsu, The Illustrated Camera), text here on left side of left-hand page (accessed 2018-12-13)