Japanese

Noun

ペット ‎(romaji petto)

1. a pet (an animal kept as a companion)

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of トランペット ‎(toranpetto, “trumpet”).^[4]

Noun

ペット ‎(romaji petto)

1. Short for トランペット ‎(“trumpet”).

Etymology 3

Borrowing from English PET, itself the initialism for polyethylene terephthalate, a common material used to make plastic.^[4]

Noun

ペット ‎(romaji petto)

1. PET (polyethylene terephthalate)

   ペットボトル

   petto botoru

   a PET bottle → a plastic bottle

Usage notes

This sense is seldom used in isolation. Most often encountered in compounds.

Derived terms

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
2. 1 2 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0
3. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
4. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
5. ↑ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-501211-0