スペード

Japanese

Etymology

From English spade.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) スペード [sùpéédó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sɨ̥ᵝpe̞ːdo̞]

Noun

スペード • (supēdo) 

1. (card games) spades
   • 2001 March 10 [1998 December 16], Motohiro Katou, “ミネルヴァの梟(ふくろう) [Owl of Minerva]”, in Ｑ.(キュー)Ｅ.(イー)Ｄ.(ディー) 証(しょう)明(めい)終(しゅう)了(りょう) (Ｑ.(キュー)Ｅ.(イー)Ｄ.(ディー) 証(しょう)明(めい)終(しゅう)了(りょう)) [Q.E.D. Quod Erat Demonstrandum], 9th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 102:

     例(たと)えばスペードのＫ(キング)はイスラエルのダビデ王(おう)

     Tatoeba supēdo no kingu wa Isuraeru no Dabide-ō

     For example, the king of spades is King David of Israel

2. a spade (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

   Synonym: 鋤 (suki)