walkman
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Genericized trademark from the Sony trademark, Walkman.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]walkman (plural walkmans or (uncommon) walkmen)
- A portable personal audio cassette player with headphones.
- 2015, Aaron Sorkin, Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs, spoken by Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender):
- Because I can't stand looking at that inexplicable Walkman anymore. You're carrying around a brick playing a cassette tape. We're not savages—so I'm gonna put a thousand songs in your pocket.
- (Philippines, informal) pig's ears, chopped, shaved, marinated, skewered, then grilled, sold as street food
Related terms
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English walkman.
Noun
[edit]walkman m (plural walkmans)
- (informal) walkman
- Synonym: baladeur
- 2006, Dans le silence des mots d'amour, page 49:
- Si le cor du déjeuner avait sonné à ce moment-là, elle ne l’aurait pas entendu, à cause du walkman.
- If the lunch horn had sounded just then, she wouldn't have heard it, because of the walkman.
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English walkman.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]walkman m (invariable)
- walkman (portable cassette player)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ walkman in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English walkman.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]walkman m inan
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | walkman | walkmany |
genitive | walkmana | walkmanów |
dative | walkmanowi | walkmanom |
accusative | walkman/walkmana | walkmany |
instrumental | walkmanem | walkmanami |
locative | walkmanie | walkmanach |
vocative | walkmanie | walkmany |
Further reading
[edit]- walkman in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- walkman in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English walkman.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]walkman m (plural walkmans or walkmen or walkman)
- walkman (portable cassette player)
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English walkman.
Noun
[edit]walkman n (plural walkmenuri)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) walkman | walkmanul | (niște) walkmenuri | walkmenurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) walkman | walkmanului | (unor) walkmenuri | walkmenurilor |
vocative | walkmanule | walkmenurilor |
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English walkman.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]walkman m (plural walkman)
Usage notes
[edit]According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading
[edit]- “walkman”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɔlkmen
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