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country

/kˈʌntri/ 最頻出 頻度 303位

要点国,国家、国民、祖国、土地,地方

意味

  1. 国,国家,国土
  2. 《the ~》《集合的に;単数扱い》国民(nation)
  3. 《one's ~,this ~》祖国,故国,母国
  4. 《通例冠詞をつけないで》(地勢から見た)土地,地方,地域
  5. 《the ~》いなか,田園地方,郊外
  6. いなかの,粗野な,やぼったい

例文

語源

俗ラテン語contrata「向かい側に広がる土地」から(contra「反対側に」)。目の前に広がる土地「地方・国」。

county(州)とは別語。

英語の原文(Wiktionary)

Inherited from Middle English contre, borrowed from Old French contree, from Vulgar Latin *(terra) contrāta (“facing land”), from Latin contrā (“against”) + -āta (noun-forming suffix). Cognate with Scots kintra. Unrelated to county. Displaced native English land in some of its senses. From around 1300 as "area surrounding a walled city or town; the open country." By early 16th century the sense was applied mostly to rural areas, as opposed to towns and cities. Compare typologically Russian страна́ (straná), сторона́ (storoná).

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関連する単語

countryside

辞書順で近い単語

counterproductive countess countless countryside county coup