モニーク
Monīku
モニーク (Monīku) is the Japanese way to say the female given name Monique.
モニーク is used to refer to the female name Monique. As this is a foreign name, it is written in the Katakana script rather than Kanji.
How do you pronounce it?
Monīku
Did you know?
- While モニーク is written in Katakana, some Japanese people choose 'ateji', which are Kanji characters selected for their sounds, to give a foreign name a visual meaning like 'beautiful' or 'fragrant'.
- While 'Monique' is a single name in French, writing it as モニーク in Japanese technically treats it as a sequence of four distinct rhythmic beats (mo-ni-i-ku).
- A person named モニーク in Japan might be nicknamed モニちゃん 'Moni-chan' by friends to make the foreign name sound more traditionally Japanese and cute.
Examples in context
- はじめまして、私の名前はモニークです。Nice to meet you, my name is Monique.
- モニークさんは親切な人です。Monīku-san wa shinsetsu na hito desu.Monique is a kind person.
- モニークはフランスの友達です。Monīku wa Furansu no tomodachi desu.Monique is a friend from France.
- モニーク、こんにちは！Monīku, konnichiwa!Hello, Monique!
Example conversation
Misaki and Yota are talking about their international friend.
- 陽太 Yotaモニークさんはどこに住んでいますか？Monīku-san wa doko ni sunde imasu ka?Where does Monique live?
- 美咲 Misakiモニークはパリに住んでいます。Monīku wa Pari ni sunde imasu.Monique lives in Paris.
- 陽太 Yota彼女はとても素敵な女性ですね。Kanojo wa totemo suteki na josei desu ne.She is a very lovely woman, isn't she?
- 美咲 Misakiはい、本当にそうです。Hai, hontō ni sō desu.Yes, she really is.
