Shiba Inu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 柴犬 (shibainu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʃiːbə ˈiːnuː/

Noun

Shiba Inu

1. A dog of a small, agile Japanese breed originally used for hunting.
   • 2021 February 8, Nathaniel Popper, “Elon Musk and Snoop Dogg Push Cryptocurrencies to Record Highs”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Even Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency that began as a joke with a perpetually surprised Shiba Inu dog for its symbol, has soared almost 1,000 percent over the last week to set a record.

Synonyms

• Shiba, shiba
• shibe (Internet slang)

Translations

dog

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 柴犬 (zh) (cháiquǎn)

• Esperanto: ŝiba-hundo
• French: shiba (fr)
• German: Shiba m
• Hungarian: siba inu
• Irish: síbionú Seapánach m
• Japanese: 柴犬 (ja) (しばいぬ, shibainu)
• Russian: Сиба-ину (Siba-inu)
• Swedish: shiba c

Further reading

• Shiba Inu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia