iris
意味
- (眼球の)虹彩(こうさい)
- アイリス(アヤメ科の植物の総称)
- にじ(ギリシア神話のにじの女神イリスから出た)
例文
Iris, what do you usually eat for breakfast?
アイリス、君は普段朝食は何を食べているの？
The garden is famous for its irises.
その庭園は菖蒲の名所です。
Many Japanese irises were flowering prettily on the lake's edge.
池のほとりに花ショウブが綺麗に咲いていました。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English iris, from Latin īris, from Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris, “rainbow”). Presuming an earlier form *ϝῖρις (*wîris), possibly from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *w(e)ih₁-ro- (“a twist, thread, cord, wire”), from *weh₁y- (“to turn, twist, weave, plait”). If so, it would be cognate to English wire.