walkman

See also: Walkman

English

Alternative forms

• Walkman

Etymology

Genericized trademark from the Sony trademark, Walkman.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

walkman (plural walkmans or (uncommon) walkmen)

1. A portable personal audio cassette player with headphones.
   • 2015, Aaron Sorkin, Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs, spoken by Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender):

     Because I can't stand looking at that inexplicable Walkman anymore. You're carrying around a brick playing a cassette tape. We're not savages—so I'm gonna put a thousand songs in your pocket.

2. (Philippines, informal) pig's ears, chopped, shaved, marinated, skewered, then grilled, sold as street food

Related terms

• discman

Translations

any personal cassette player

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 隨身聽／随身听 (zh) (suíshēntīng)

• Danish: walkman c
• Dutch: walkman (nl) m
• Esperanto: poŝkasedilo
• Finnish: korvalappustereot (fi) pl
• French: walkman (fr) m, baladeur (fr) m
• German: Walkman (de) m
• Greek: γουόκμαν (el) n (gouókman)
• Hungarian: walkman (hu), sétálómagnó
• Icelandic: vasadiskó n
• Japanese: ウォークマン (ja) (wōkuman)
• Korean: 워크맨 (wokeumaen)
• Malay: walkman
• Polish: walkman (pl) m
• Portuguese: walkman m
• Russian: пле́ер (ru) m (pléjer)
• Swedish: freestyle (sv) c

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English walkman.

Noun

walkman m (plural walkmans)

1. (informal) walkman

   Synonym: baladeur

   • 2006, Dans le silence des mots d'amour, page 49:

     Si le cor du déjeuner avait sonné à ce moment-là, elle ne l’aurait pas entendu, à cause du walkman.

     If the lunch horn had sounded just then, she wouldn't have heard it, because of the walkman.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English walkman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɔlk.men/, /ˈwɔlkˌmɛn/
• Rhymes: -ɔlkmen, -ɛn
• Hyphenation: walk‧man

Noun

walkman m (invariable)

1. walkman (portable cassette player)

See also

• lettore MP3

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English walkman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɔk.mɛn/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔkmɛn
• Syllabification: walk‧man

Noun

walkman m inan

1. (electronics) walkman

Declension

Declension of walkman

	singular	plural
nominative	walkman	walkmany
genitive	walkmana	walkmanów
dative	walkmanowi	walkmanom
accusative	walkman/walkmana	walkmany
instrumental	walkmanem	walkmanami
locative	walkmanie	walkmanach
vocative	walkmanie	walkmany

Further reading

• walkman in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• walkman in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English walkman.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔ.ki.mẽj̃/ [ˈwɔ.ki.mẽɪ̯̃], /ˈwɔk.mẽj̃/ [ˈwɔk.mẽɪ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔ.ki.mẽj̃/ [ˈwɔ.ki.mẽɪ̯̃], /ˈwɔk.mẽj̃/ [ˈwɔk.mẽɪ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔk.mẽj̃/ [ˈwɔk.mẽɪ̯̃], /ˈwɔ.ki.mẽj̃/ [ˈwɔ.ki.mẽɪ̯̃]

Noun

walkman m (plural walkmans or walkmen or walkman)

1. walkman (portable cassette player)

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English walkman.

Noun

walkman n (plural walkmenuri)

1. walkman

Declension

Declension of walkman

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) walkman	walkmanul	(niște) walkmenuri	walkmenurile
genitive/dative	(unui) walkman	walkmanului	(unor) walkmenuri	walkmenurilor
vocative	walkmanule		walkmenurilor

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English walkman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaɡman/ [ˈwaɣ̞.mãn], /ˈwalɡman/ [ˈwalɣ̞.mãn]
• Syllabification: walk‧man

Noun

walkman m (plural walkman)

1. walkman

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

• “walkman”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28