mountain（マウンテン）
要点山、山脈
意味
- 山
- 《the…Mountains》…山脈
- 《a~》山(のような…),(…の)山《+of+名》
- 《a~》多数(の…),多量(の…)《+of+名》
例文
We put up at an inn at the foot of the mountain.
私達は山のふもとの宿に泊まった。
We watched the sun setting behind the mountains.
我々は太陽が山の後ろに沈むのを眺めた。
We'll climb the mountain if it is fine tomorrow.
明日天気がよければ、山に登るつもりです。
語源
ラテン語mons「山」から。山々の集まり「山・山脈」。
mount（山・上る）、amount（総計）も同じ仲間。
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English mountayne, mountain, montaigne, from Anglo-Norman muntaine, muntaigne, from Early Medieval Latin montānia, a collective based on Latin montem (“mountain”), from Proto-Indo-European *monti (compare Welsh mynydd (“mountain”), Albanian mat (“bank, shore”), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬙𐬌 (mati, “promontory”)), from *men- (“to project, stick out”). Displaced native English barrow (from Old English beorg) and down (from Old English dūn), and partially displaced non-native Old English munt, from Latin mōns (whence English mount).
関連する単語
mountainous mountaintop mountaineering mountaineer mountainside