How to say "adobe" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- nounA loanword for adobe, the sun-dried clay used as a building material, and for adobe bricks. Typical of writing about the earthen architecture of the American Southwest and similar traditions.
- nounThe name of the American software company Adobe, familiar from its creative software. It is not a word for the building material, so it is seldom the right choice for that sense.
- 天日瓦てんじつがわらnounA kanji term for a sun-dried brick, that is, adobe dried in the sun rather than fired. It is an uncommon word, at home in descriptions of traditional brickmaking and earthen construction.
For adobe as a building material or brick, 「アドベ」 is the direct loanword and 天日瓦 the kanji term for a sun-dried brick; 「アドビ」 is only the software company's name. All three are relatively uncommon words.
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