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salaryman

/ˈsæl.əɹ.i.mæn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English

Syllables
salary-man
IPA
/ˈsæl.əɹ.i.mæn/
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An employee, a worker; now especially a Japanese white-collar worker who works long hours yet has an insignificant position within the corporate hierarchy.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Japanese サラリーマン (sararīman), itself a wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) derived from salary + man.

Inflected Forms

salarymen (plural)

Phrases

office lady

Frequently Paired Words

office lady freeter karoshi

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce salaryman?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsæl.əɹ.i.mæn/.
What does salaryman mean?
An employee, a worker; now especially a Japanese white-collar worker who works long hours yet has an insignificant position within the corporate hierarchy.
Where does salaryman come from?
Phono-semantic matching of Japanese サラリーマン (sararīman), itself a wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) derived from salary + man.

How to pronounce salaryman

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