seiyu

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 声優(せいゆう) (seiyū), from Middle Chinese 聲 (*ɕiɛ̝ŋ, “sound, voice”) + 優 (*ʔɨu, “actor”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈseiju]
  • Hyphenation: séi‧yu

Noun

seiyu (plural seiyu-seiyu)

  1. voice actor, an actor who provides voices or voice-overs for radio drama, animations, commercials, dubbed films, games in Japanese context
    Hypernyms: pengisi suara, aktor suara

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 声優 (seiyū).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈseiʝu/ [ˈsei̯.ʝu] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /ˈseiʃu/ [ˈsei̯.ʃu] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /ˈseiʒu/ [ˈsei̯.ʒu] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -eiʝu
  • Syllabification: sei‧yu

Noun

seiyu m or f by sense (plural seiyus or seiyu)

  1. voice actor (in Japanese)
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