ルート

Japanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾɯ̟ᵝːto̞]

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English route.

Noun

ルート • (rūto) 

1. a route (as in a road or for a bus, or for information or goods in a transaction)

Synonyms

• (set path along a road): 路線 (ろせん, rosen)
• (for information or goods): 経路 (けいろ, keiro)

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English root.

Noun

ルート • (rūto) 

1. (mathematics, linguistics, music) a root (as in a square root, or an etymological root, or a root note in a chord)

Synonyms

• (mathematics): 冪根 (べきこん, bekikon)
• (mathematics): 根 (こん, kon)
• (linguistics): 語根 (ごこん, gokon)
• (music): 根音 (こんおん, kon'on)

Further reading

• (mathematics): 冪根 (Nth root) on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• (mathematics): Nth root on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (linguistics): 語根 (Word root) on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• (linguistics): Root (linguistics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (music): 和音 (Chords) on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• (music): Root (chord) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia