Bentleyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: bĕnt'lē, IPA^(key): /ˈbentliː/

語源 1

Originally a Sussex habitational name, the word leah or leag meaning field in 古期英語. Hence, equivalent to bent (“bent-grass”) +‎ -leigh/lea (“meadow, field”); compare Bentham.

固有名詞

Bentley

1. An English habitational surname from Old English.
2. A place name, including:
   1. A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
   2. A town in Alberta, Canada.
   3. A number of places in England:
      1. A hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
      2. A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7844).
      3. A village in Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM1136).
      4. A suburb of Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
      5. A village in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire.
      6. An area in Walsall borough, West Midlands.
      7. A village in Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire.
   4. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A small town in Hancock County, Illinois.
      2. A small city in Sedgwick County, Kansas.
      3. An unincorporated community in Bay County, Michigan.
      4. A township in Gladwin County, Michigan.
      5. An unincorporated community in Hettinger County, North Dakota.

派生語

• Bentleyan
• Bentley Heath
• Great Bentley

語源 2

Named after the founder of Bentley Motors, WO Bentley.

名詞

Bentley (複数形 Bentleys)

1. A motor car manufactured by this company.
   • 2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 148:

     The car she reclined in was a 1960s Bentley.

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