Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

japanism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: japanism
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A custom peculiar to Japan.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A word, phrase or linguistic feature typical of Japan.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A word, phrase or linguistic feature typical of Japan.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún)bor. Malay Jepangbor. Portuguese Japãobor. ▲ Malay Jepangbor. Dutch Japanbor. English Japan Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Japanism From Japan + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Japanisms (plural)

Questions

What does japanism mean?: A custom peculiar to Japan.
Where does japanism come from?: Etymology tree Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún)bor. Malay Jepangbor. Portuguese Japãobor. ▲ Malay Jepangbor. Dutch Japanbor. English Japan Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Japanism From Japan + -ism.

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