Dennisとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Old French saint's name Denis, brought to England by Normans; from Latin Dionysius, "follower of (the wine god) Dionysos". Similarity with Turkish Deniz is coincidental.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛnɪs/

固有名詞

Dennis

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
   • c. 1598–1600, William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i]:

     I will physic your rankness, and yet give no thousand crowns neither. Holla, Dennis!

   • 1944 Mazo de la Roche, The Building of Jalna, Little,Brown&co (1944):

     Each disliked the choice of the other. "Charles is a stern name," she affirmed. "Nonsense," said Philip. "It's as agreeable a name as there is. Dennis sounds like a comical Irish story." "You just show your bad feeling when you say such a thing," she retorted. "'T is a grand name!"

2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Murray County, Georgia.
   2. An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Georgia.
   3. An unincorporated community in Labette County, Kansas.
   4. A town and census-designated place therein, in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
   5. A census-designated place in Tishomingo County, Mississippi.
   6. A township in Cape May County, New Jersey.
   7. A census-designated place in Delaware County, Oklahoma.
   8. A town in Parker County, Texas.
   9. An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
4. A locality in Cypress County, Alberta, Canada.

派生語

• Coln St Dennis
• St Dennis

関連する語

• Denny
• Denise