How to say "connector" in Japanese

• プラグCommon
  nounA loanword meaning 'plug'. For 'connector' it covers the electrical kind: the plug on the end of a cord that you insert into an outlet or jack, as with power cords or headphones.
• 連結器れんけつきCommon
  nounThe word for a coupler: a device that mechanically links things together, such as the couplers that join railway cars. For the plug on an electrical cord, this is not the word.

Use 「プラグ」 for an electrical plug or plug-type connector that inserts into an outlet or jack, and 連結器 for a mechanical coupler that physically links things together, such as railway cars.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• プラグplug
• 連結器れんけつきconnector
• コネクターconnector
• 接栓せっせんconnector
• 接続コネクタせつぞくコネクタconnector
• 結合子けつごうしassociation
• ピンプラグ(single-pin) connector (e.g. RCA, 3.5mm audio)