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サーベイヤー Japanese meaning | Kotomora

サーベイヤー

also: サベイヤー · サーベーヤー · サベーヤー

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ベ

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Meanings

1

A person who measures and maps land, or inspects buildings and construction sites. Loanword from English.

新あたらしい道どう路ろの建けん設せつのために、サーベイヤーが土と

地ち

を

測そく

量りょう

し

た

。

A surveyor measured the land for the construction of the new road.

Related words

測そく量りょう士し
The native Japanese term for a licensed surveyor, more formal and official than the loanword サーベイヤー.

Written forms

サベイヤー
Variant spelling without the long vowel mark in the first syllable.
サーベーヤー
Variant with a long vowel in the second syllable.
サベーヤー
Rare variant combining both short and long vowel variations.

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'surveyor'.