Greneとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz. Cognate with Old Frisian grēne, Old Saxon grōni, Old High German gruoni, Old Norse grœnn.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡreː.ne/

形容詞

grēne

1. green
2. (of a vegetable) raw
   • early 11th century, anonymous gloss of Ælfric's Latin Colloquy (c. 995)

     Ġif ġē mē ūt ādrīfaþ fram ēowrum ġefērsċipe, ġē etaþ ēowre wyrta grēne and ēowre flǣsċmetas hrēawe.

     If you drive me out of your society, you'll eat your vegetables uncooked and your meat raw. [Said by a cook.]

   • unknown date and author, monastic sign language guide

     Ġesodenra wyrta tācn is þæt þū dō mid þīnre ōðerre handa niðewearde be þǣre sīdan swelċe þū sċearfian wille. Þonne þū grēne wyrta habban wille, þonne sete þū þīnne finger on þīne winestran hand.

     The sign for cooked vegetables is that you take your hand and make a downward motion along your side as if you're cutting them up. When you want raw vegetables, place your finger on your left hand.

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