"CM" meaning in Japanese

See CM in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɕiːe̞mɯ̟] Forms: CM [canonical] (ruby: C(シー), M(エム)), shīemu [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English CM, Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) initialism of commercial + message as in コマーシャルメッセージ (komāsharu messēji, literally “commercial message”). By surface analysis, コマーシャル (komāsharu) + メッセージ (messēji). Etymology templates: {{bor+|ja|en|CM}} Borrowed from English CM, {{pseudo-loan|ja|en|||||nocap=|nocat=|sort=シーエム}} Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), {{wasei eigo|sort=シーエム}} Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), {{init|en|-|nocap=1|nocat=1}} initialism of, {{com|en|commercial|message|nocat=1}} commercial + message, {{surf|ja|コマーシャル|メッセージ|nocat=1|tr1=komāsharu|tr2=messēji}} By surface analysis, コマーシャル (komāsharu) + メッセージ (messēji) Head templates: {{ja-noun|シー%エム|head=C%M}} C(シー)M(エム) • (shīemu)
  1. a commercial; television ad Hypernyms: 広告 (kōkoku) (ruby: (こう), (こく)) (english: advertisement)
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      "ipa": "[ɕiːe̞mɯ̟]"
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Download raw JSONL data for CM meaning in Japanese (3.6kB)

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