Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

toyota

/tɔɪˈoʊtə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English

Syllables: toy-ota
IPA: /tɔɪˈoʊtə/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Japanese.

Countable

name

A city in Aichi, Japan. A city near Nagoya, where the eponymous manufacturer has its headquarters.

Countable; Uncountable

name

The Toyota Motor Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer of cars.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A brand of car manufactured by Toyota.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A car of the brand Toyota

Example Sentences

"So vehicles, like some Toyota Corollas, have a 160-mph speedometer despite coming nowhere close to reaching such speeds."
"It is the prelapsarian Polynesia of free love, noble savagery, Kon Tiki rafting and Easter Island statuary, not the Levi’s-wearing, Toyota-driving, pédalo-pushing, efflorescent-cocktails-in-a-split-coconut-serving pseudo-paradise that awaits latter-day travellers."

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese トヨタ (Toyota), from the name of the Toyoda family. The spelling was changed to Toyota because of a belief that it sounded better, or because トヨタ takes eight strokes to write, and 8 is considered lucky.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /tɔɪˈoʊtə/
British English: /tɔɪˈəʊtə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Toyotas (plural)

Derived Forms

Toyotaism Toyotism

Frequently Paired Words

Toyoda Lexus

Rhymes With

minnesota dakota quota proto sarasota iota ota lakota rota mota cota tota

Questions

How do you pronounce toyota?: The recorded pronunciation is /tɔɪˈoʊtə/.
What does toyota mean?: A surname from Japanese.
Where does toyota come from?: Borrowed from Japanese トヨタ (Toyota), from the name of the Toyoda family. The spelling was changed to Toyota because of a belief that it sounded better, or because トヨタ takes eight strokes to write, and 8 is considered lucky.

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