"P" meaning in Japanese

See P in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: P [canonical] (ruby: P(ピー)), [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|ピー}} P(ピー) • (pī)
  1. (video games, only in compounds) Initialism of プレイヤー (pureiyā, “player”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, in-compounds, initialism Alternative form of: プレイヤー (extra: pureiyā, “player”) Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-P-ja-noun-Z8fmk2Jk Topics: video-games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Prefix

Forms: P [canonical] (ruby: P(ピー)), pī- [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|prefix|ピー}} P(ピー) • (pī-)
  1. (typography, especially in typeface names) Initialism of プロポーショナル (puropōshonaru, “proportional”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, morpheme Alternative form of: プロポーショナル (extra: puropōshonaru, “proportional”) Categories (topical): Typography
    Sense id: en-P-ja-prefix-SXd89W1l Topics: media, publishing, typography
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix

Forms: P [canonical] (ruby: P(ピー)), -pī [romanization]
Etymology: From English producer. The VOCALOID sense may have arisen from an extension of the concept of producers in THE IDOLM@STER; both THE IDOLM@STER and VOCALOID were/are popular topics on the Niconico video sharing website. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|en|producer}} English producer Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix|ピー}} P(ピー) • (-pī)
  1. (entertainment, music) Initialism of プロデューサー (purodyūsā, “producer”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, morpheme Alternative form of: プロデューサー (extra: purodyūsā, “producer”) Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-P-ja-suffix-mFo8tkDO Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. (more specifically) Used in the names of musicians who produce music featuring VOCALOID or adjacent software. Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Singing voice synthesis
    Sense id: en-P-ja-suffix-JePDrlHk Disambiguation of Singing voice synthesis: 12 13 20 55 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 30 12 10 49 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 19 12 9 60 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 19 12 9 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ボカロP (bokaro-pī) (ruby: P(ピー)), P名 (pī-mei) (ruby: P名(ピーめい))
Etymology number: 1

Download JSON data for P meaning in Japanese (5.7kB)

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