japonais in French: Japanese (adjective)

/ʒa.pɔ.nɛ/

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Translation

Japanese

Word origin

From Japon plus the adjective ending -ais. Japon reached French through Portuguese Japão, picked up in the Malay world from a southern Chinese pronunciation of 日本 ('origin of the sun'), read Riben in Mandarin.

Origin: Portuguese
Root: Japon
English cognates: Japan, Japanese

Grammar

Femininejaponaise

Masc pluraljaponais

Fem pluraljaponaises

Examples

She has been learning Japanese for two years.

dîné .

We had dinner in a Japanese restaurant near the station.

constructeur Europe.

This Japanese manufacturer sells a lot of cars in Europe.

The Japanese students arrive on Monday.

Japanese cooking uses a lot of raw fish.

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This word is part of lesson 38.