ルート

Japanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾɯ̟ᵝːto̞]

Etymology 1

From English route.

Noun

ルート • (rūto) 

1. a route

   Synonym: 経路 (keiro)

   1. a road or path, (often) a highway
   2. a course, an itinerary of stops, as for a bus

      Synonym: 路線 (rosen)

      電(でん)車(しゃ)のほかにバスを使(し)用(よう)するルートもある。

      Densha no hoka ni basu o shiyō suru rūto mo aru.

      Besides trains, there are routes that use buses.

   3. a path or course for information

      情(じょう)報(ほう)提(てい)供(きょう)ルート

      jōhō teikyō rūto

      routes for provision of information

   4. a path or course for goods in a transaction

      資(し)材(ざい)運(うん)搬(ぱん)ルート

      shizai unpan rūto

      material transport route

   5. (video games, storytelling) storyline

Etymology 2

From English root.

Noun

ルート • (rūto) 

1. (mathematics) a root (as in a square root)

   Synonyms: 根 (kon), 冪根 (bekikon)

2. (linguistics) an etymological root

   Synonym: 語根 (gokon)

3. (music) root note in a chord

   Synonym: 根音 (kon'on)

Further reading

• (mathematics): 冪根 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• (mathematics): Nth root on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (linguistics): 語根 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• (linguistics): Root (linguistics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (music): 根音 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• (music): Root (chord) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia