ドル

㌦	U+3326, ㌦ SQUARE DORU

Japanese

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ドル [dóꜜrù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [do̞ɾɯ̟]

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Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
弗 (dated) ㌦

ドル on Japanese Wikipedia

Dollar on Wikipedia

ドル (doru): evolution of the dollar symbol for both the United States and (now obsolete) Spanish dollar.

From Dutch dollar. Originally transcribed phonetically into Japanese as ドルラル (doruraru), then shortened during the Meiji period to just ドル (doru).^[3]^[1]

Noun

ドル • (doru)

a dollar (designation for specific currency)
Synonym: (uncommon) ダラー (darā)

Etymology 2

ドル (フランス) on Japanese Wikipedia

Dole, Jura on Wikipedia

Borrowed from French Dole.

Proper noun

ドル • (Doru)

Dole, Jura (place in France)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[3] Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

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