グロテスク

Japanese

Etymology

From French grotesque,[1][2] possibly via English.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ロテスク [gùrótéꜜsùkù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɡɯ̟ɾo̞te̞sɨkɯ̟]

Adjective

グロテスク • (gurotesuku-na (adnominal グロテスク (gurotesuku na), adverbial グロテスク (gurotesuku ni))

  1. grotesque
    1. ugly, hideous
    2. relating to the grotesque style of art

Inflection

Derived terms

Noun

グロテスク • (gurotesuku

  1. someone or something grotesque
  2. the grotesque style of art: ornamental arrangements of arabesques with interlaced garlands and small and fantastic human and animal figures, usually set out in a symmetrical pattern around some form of framework
  3. a carved stone figure

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN