lantern
要点ランタン
意味
- ランタン,ちょうちん,角灯,カンテラ
- (灯台の頂上にある)灯室
- 明かり窓
例文
Lanterns are floated to worship Great God Kuzuryū.
九頭竜明神を祭るために灯篭をながす。
The forest was illuminated by a lantern.
ランタンが林を照らした。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English lanterne (13th century), via Old French lanterne from Latin lanterna (“lantern”), itself a corruption of Ancient Greek λαμπτήρ (lamptḗr, “torch”) (see lamp, λάμπω (lámpō)) by influence of Latin lucerna (“lamp”). The spelling lanthorn was current during the 16th to 19th centuries and originates with a folk etymology associating the word with the use of horn as translucent cover. For the verb, compare French lanterner to hang at the lamppost. Displaced native Old English lēohtfæt (literally “light-container”).