アイドル

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English idol,[1][2][3] from Latin idolum, from Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image, idol”), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéydos (“seeing, image”), from *weyd- (“to see”).

First attested in the late 1880s.[3]

Pronunciation

Noun

アイドル • (aidoru) 

  1. idol (Asian popular performer)
  2. popular person
    Synonym: 人気者 (ninkimono)
    クラスのアイドル
    kurasu no aidoru
    popular person in class

See also

Descendants
  • → Chinese: 愛抖露／爱抖露 (àidǒulù)
  • → Chinese: 愛豆／爱豆 (àidòu)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English idle.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

アイドル • (aidoru) 

  1. (in compounds) idle
    アイドル時間(じかん)
    aidoru jikan
    (computing) idle time

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “アイドル”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 “アイドル”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
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