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Etymology

From Japanese 温泉 (onsen), from Middle Chinese 溫泉 ('won dzjwen, hot springs), from  / (wēn, warm) + (quán, spring[s]). Compare the modern Mandarin pronunciation 溫泉 / 温泉 (wēnquán).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɒnˈsɛn/, /ˈɒnsɛn/
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Noun

onsen (plural onsen or onsens)

  1. A (Japanese) hot spring.
    The hottest springs in Japan aren't in the north but at the Obama Onsen outside Nagasaki.
  2. A Japanese-style resort hotel at a natural hot spring, offering on-site bathing.
    We stayed at a traditional onsen with tatami, yukata, and kaiseki at Onyang outside Seoul.

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Indonesian

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Etymology

From Japanese 温泉(おんせん) (onsen, hot spring), from Middle Chinese 溫泉温泉 (ʔwon-dzüen, “hot spring”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /on.sɛn/
  • Hyphenation: on‧sèn

Noun

onsen (plural onsen-onsen)

  1. hot spring, onsen

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /onˈsɛn/
  • Rhymes: -ɛn
  • Hyphenation: on‧sèn

Noun

onsen m (invariable)

  1. onsen

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Romanization

onsen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of おんせん

Portuguese

Noun

onsen m (plural onsens)

  1. onsen (a Japanese hot spring)

Spanish

Noun

onsen m (plural onsens)

  1. onsen

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