Etymology

keitai

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Today it means: A mobile phone or smartphone. Full definition →

Japanese 携帯
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from携帯
  2. English todaykeitai

Borrowed from Japanese 携帯.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.