研究社 新英和中辞典

town

音節town 発音記号/tάʊn/

【名詞】

1 【可算名詞】 町，都会 《★【解説】 village より大きく，city より小さい; 英国では city の資格があってもよく town という》.

用例

a small town 小さな町. all over the town 町中に.

2 [the town] (いなかに対して)都会，都会の生活.

用例

I prefer the town to the country. いなかより都会が好きだ.

3 [無冠詞で]

a 首都 《★英国では特にロンドンをさす》; (話題になっている付近の)主な町.

用例

in town 在京して. out of town 退京して, いなかに行って. come [go] (up) to town 町へ行く.

b (郊外に対して)都心[商業]地区.

用例

My husband has gone to town to do some shopping. 夫は買い物をするため町へ行っています. He has an office in town. 彼は町に事務所がある.

4 [the town; 集合的に] 町民，市民 《★【用法】 集合体と考える時には単数，構成要素を考える時には複数扱い》.

用例

the talk of the town 町中のうわさ.

名詞としての「town」のイディオムやフレーズ

gò to tówn	(óut) on the tówn
páint the tówn (rèd)

【形容詞】【限定用法の形容詞】

町の，都会の.

用例

town life 都会生活.

【語源】

古期英語「囲まれた場所」の意

>>英語の名詞一覧 >>「中学以上の水準の名詞」の一覧

ハイパー英語辞書

town

【名詞】

街, 町, 町民, 都会, 都民

用例

They live in a rough part of town.

印欧語根
dhū-no-	囲まれて要塞のようにされた場所を表す。多分「死ぬこと」を表す印欧語根dheu-に関係して、「閉めること、終わること」を表す語幹*dhu@-の派生。

JST科学技術用語日英対訳辞書

town

町立; 都会; 町内; 町; タウン; 都市; 里; 市街

ライフサイエンス辞書

town

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都市, 町

関連語

city, urban

同義語（異表記）

city

Municipality

town

町

概念ツリー

生物現象　Biological Phenomena

環境現象　Ecological and Environmental Phenomena

環境　Environment

都市　City

townの共起表現

日本語WordNet(英和)

Town

【名詞】

1

市より小さな自治体に住む人々

(the people living in a municipality smaller than a city)

the whole town cheered the team 町中がチームを応援した

2

決まった境界がある都市区域で、市よりも小さい

(an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

they drive through town on their way to work 彼らは、仕事へ行く途中で町を車で通り抜ける

3

郡の行政区

(an administrative division of a county)

the town is responsible for snow removal 町は除雪に責任がある

4

米国の建築家で、彼のデザインとトラス橋の建設で知られる（1784年−1844年）

(United States architect who was noted for his design and construction of truss bridges (1784-1844))

>>「Town」に関する類語一覧

EDR日英対訳辞書

town

町有

日英固有名詞辞典

Town

人名

苗字 タウン

斎藤和英大辞典

town

世間；都会；町；都；市中

Weblio英和対訳辞書

town

街衢, 市邑, 町内, タウン, 都邑, 集落, 聚落, 鎮, 都市, 町方, 城府, 市街, 町, 街

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town

町

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Town

タウン

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Wiktionary英語版

town

出典:『Wiktionary』 (2013/04/15 06:56 UTC 版)

語源

Middle English, from 古期英語 tūn (“enclosure, village”), from Proto-Germanic *tūnan (“fence”) (compare West Frisian tún, Dutch tuin (“garden”), German Zaun, Danish/Swedish tun), from Gaulish dunon (“hill, hillfort”) (compare Welsh din (“hill”), Irish dún (“fortress”)), from Proto-Celtic *dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to finish, come full circle”), (compare Hittite tuhhušta 'it is finished', Latin fūnus (“burial”), Ancient Greek θνητός (thnētos, “mortal”), θάνατος (thanatos, “death”), thaneīn 'to die', Sanskrit ádhvanīt 'he vanished').

発音

• IPA: /taʊ̯n/, X-SAMPA: /taUn/
• 韻: -aʊn

名詞

town (複数形 towns)

1. A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city.
2. (米国用法) Any more urbanized center than the place of reference.

   I'll be in Yonkers, then I'm driving into town to see the Knicks at the Garden tonight.

3. (英国用法, historical) A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
4. The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
5. (colloquial) Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.

   Call me when you get to town.

6. (law) A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.

使用する際の注意点

An urban city is typically larger than a rural town, which in turn is typically larger than a village. In rural areas, a town is considered urban. In urban areas, a town is considered suburban; a village in the suburbs.

派生語

Terms derived from town (noun)

boom town/boomtown company town county town cow town cross town/cross-town/crosstown downtown ghost town go to town hometown in town jerkwater town man about town market town new town on the town one-horse town out of town paint the town red post town shanty town shire town skip town small-town talk of the town toast of the town

town and gown town ball town car town center/town centre town-crier townee towner town gas town hall/townhall town house/townhouse townhome townie townland townless townlet town planning townsfolk township townsman town square town twinning townwide twin town uptown

• Look at pages starting with town.

参考

• urban
• suburban
• rural

統計情報

• Most common English words before 1923: show · terms · sort · #435: town · dark · ye · common

アナグラム

• nowt
• wont, won't, wo'n't

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-town

出典:『Wiktionary』 (2008/12/10 03:37 UTC 版)

接尾辞

-town

1. Used to form names of townships derived from names of persons or other things.

派生語

• Allentown
• Georgetown
• Johnstown
• Jonestown
• Laketown

関連する語

• -delphia
• -ton
• -tun
• -ville

ウィキペディア英語版

Town

出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/05/31 22:35 UTC 版)

英語による解説

ウィキペディア英語版からの引用

引用

A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while many British "small towns" would qualify as cities in the United States.