Domesticateとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

verb

• IPA: /dəˈmɛ.stɪ.keɪt/, /-stə-/

noun

• IPA: /dəˈmɛ.stɪ.kət/, /-stə-/, /-kɪt/
• ハイフネーション: do‧mes‧ti‧cate

語源 1

First attested in 1620; either borrowed from Middle French domestiquer (Modern French domestiquer) or directly from Medieval Latin domesticātus, perfect passive participle of domesticō (“to domesticate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, domestic +‎ -ate.

動詞

domesticate (third-person singular simple present domesticates, present participle domesticating, simple past and past participle domesticated)

1. (transitive) To make domestic.
2. (transitive) To make (more) fit for domestic life.
   • 2020, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), 4263: Peer Decompression:

     "To answer your question, Tai's fine. She mostly just smokes socially these days." "You're domesticating her!" "We're domesticating each other. The other day I found myself reading a home decorating blog."

3. (transitive) To adapt to live with humans.

   The Russians claim to have successfully domesticated foxes.

4. (intransitive) To adapt to live with humans.

   Dogs have clearly domesticated more than cats.

5. (transitive) To make a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.
6. (transitive, translation studies) To amend the elements of a text to fit local culture.

   Antonym: foreignize

派生語

語源 2

First attested in 1860; borrowed from Medieval Latin domesticātus (“domesticated”), see Etymology 1 and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

名詞

domesticate (plural domesticates)

1. An animal or plant that has been domesticated.

アナグラム

• coestimated, comediettas