See なんて on Wiktionary
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"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_text": "A contraction of phrase 等 (nado, “and so forth, etc.”) + とて (tote, particle combination indicating “that kind of thing”, from と to, quotative particle + て te, conjunctive particle).\nSome sources describe this as a shift from 等 (nado) + と (to), or from 等 (nado) + と (to) + は (wa, topic particle), or even just from 等 (nado), but the phonetic shift in the final vowel from -o or -a to -e is unexplainable in these hypotheses.",
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"form": "nante",
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}
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"examples": [
{
"english": "Whatever.",
"roman": "Omae nante dō de mo ii.",
"ruby": [
[
"前",
"まえ"
]
],
"text": "お前なんてどうでもいい。",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"emphasizes disgust, contempt, or otherwise negative feelings of the speaker: whatever"
],
"id": "en-なんて-ja-particle-f3SZPlB7",
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"whatever",
"whatever"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(adverbial particle, dismissive, derogatory) emphasizes disgust, contempt, or otherwise negative feelings of the speaker: whatever"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "nanka",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "なんか"
},
{
"roman": "nado",
"sense": "more formal",
"word": "など"
}
],
"tags": [
"adverbial",
"derogatory",
"particle"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[nã̠nte̞]"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Daijirin",
"Daijisen",
"Kyōsuke Kindaichi",
"ja:松村明"
],
"word": "なんて"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_text": "Sources describe this as a sound shift from the phrase 何と言う (nan to iu, compare English constructions whatever kind of; what a ..., literally “what's it called; what a ...”). There is evidence of a form nantē, suggesting a fusion of vowel sounds, where the phonetic development may have proceeded as follows:\n/nan to iu/ → /nantɔiu/ → /nantee/ → /nante/",
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"senses": [
{
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"examples": [
{
"english": "What a beautiful woman.",
"roman": "Nante utsukushii bijo da na.",
"ruby": [
[
"美",
"うつく"
],
[
"美",
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[
"女",
"じょ"
]
],
"text": "なんて美しい美女だな。",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "a walk in the park; nothing",
"roman": "nante koto nai",
"text": "なんてことない",
"type": "example"
}
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"glosses": [
"what a, such a"
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{
"english": "Hey, what was it you were saying yesterday?",
"roman": "Ne, kinō omae nante itte ta n da kke.",
"ruby": [
[
"昨日",
"きのう"
],
[
"前",
"まえ"
],
[
"言",
"い"
]
],
"text": "ね、昨日お前なんて言ってたんだっけ。",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "How do you say this? (in the sense \"How do you read this?)\"",
"roman": "Kore nante yomu?",
"ruby": [
[
"読",
"よ"
]
],
"text": "これなんて読む？",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "What is this called?",
"roman": "Kore tte nante namae?",
"ruby": [
[
"何",
"なん"
],
[
"名",
"な"
],
[
"前",
"まえ"
]
],
"text": "これって何て名前？",
"type": "example"
}
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"glosses": [
"what (used quotatively)"
],
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"other": "なんて"
},
{
"ipa": "[nã̠nte̞]"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Daijirin",
"Daijisen",
"Kyōsuke Kindaichi",
"ja:松村明"
],
"word": "なんて"
}
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"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
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"etymology_number": 1,
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"forms": [
{
"form": "nante",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
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"pos": "particle",
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"examples": [
{
"english": "Whatever.",
"roman": "Omae nante dō de mo ii.",
"ruby": [
[
"前",
"まえ"
]
],
"text": "お前なんてどうでもいい。",
"type": "example"
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"glosses": [
"emphasizes disgust, contempt, or otherwise negative feelings of the speaker: whatever"
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"whatever",
"whatever"
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"raw_glosses": [
"(adverbial particle, dismissive, derogatory) emphasizes disgust, contempt, or otherwise negative feelings of the speaker: whatever"
],
"tags": [
"adverbial",
"derogatory",
"particle"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[nã̠nte̞]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "nanka",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "なんか"
},
{
"roman": "nado",
"sense": "more formal",
"word": "など"
}
],
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"Daijirin",
"Daijisen",
"Kyōsuke Kindaichi",
"ja:松村明"
],
"word": "なんて"
}
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"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
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"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_text": "Sources describe this as a sound shift from the phrase 何と言う (nan to iu, compare English constructions whatever kind of; what a ..., literally “what's it called; what a ...”). There is evidence of a form nantē, suggesting a fusion of vowel sounds, where the phonetic development may have proceeded as follows:\n/nan to iu/ → /nantɔiu/ → /nantee/ → /nante/",
"forms": [
{
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"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
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{
"english": "What a beautiful woman.",
"roman": "Nante utsukushii bijo da na.",
"ruby": [
[
"美",
"うつく"
],
[
"美",
"び"
],
[
"女",
"じょ"
]
],
"text": "なんて美しい美女だな。",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "a walk in the park; nothing",
"roman": "nante koto nai",
"text": "なんてことない",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"what a, such a"
],
"links": [
[
"what",
"what"
],
[
"such",
"such"
]
]
},
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"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Hey, what was it you were saying yesterday?",
"roman": "Ne, kinō omae nante itte ta n da kke.",
"ruby": [
[
"昨日",
"きのう"
],
[
"前",
"まえ"
],
[
"言",
"い"
]
],
"text": "ね、昨日お前なんて言ってたんだっけ。",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "How do you say this? (in the sense \"How do you read this?)\"",
"roman": "Kore nante yomu?",
"ruby": [
[
"読",
"よ"
]
],
"text": "これなんて読む？",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "What is this called?",
"roman": "Kore tte nante namae?",
"ruby": [
[
"何",
"なん"
],
[
"名",
"な"
],
[
"前",
"まえ"
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],
"text": "これって何て名前？",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"what (used quotatively)"
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[
"what",
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},
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"ipa": "[nã̠nte̞]"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Daijirin",
"Daijisen",
"Kyōsuke Kindaichi",
"ja:松村明"
],
"word": "なんて"
}
Download raw JSONL data for なんて meaning in All languages combined (4.4kB)
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