Pronunciation of 'ユニーク'
The word 'ユニーク' originates from Japanese and is borrowed from the English word 'unique'. It is pronounced similarly in both languages and means 'unique' or 'distinctive'.
Word Origin
Borrowed from English 'unique', adapted into Japanese.
Pronunciation Details
English (United States)
Adjective meaning 'being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else'.
Pronounced as ‘you-NEEK’, with stress on the second syllable. ‘You’ as in ‘you’, and ‘neek’ rhymes with ‘peek’.
日本語
形容詞で「独特」や「唯一無二」を意味します。
「ユニーク」は「yu-ni-ku」と発音します。「ユ」は「yu」、「ニー」は「niː」、「ク」は「ku」とそれぞれはっきり発音します。