Johnとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English John, Johan, Johannes, from Anglo-Norman Jehan, Johan, and also 古期英語 Iohannes, both from Late Latin Iōhannēs, variant of Latin Iōannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן‎ (Yôḥānān), perhaps contracted from a former יְהוֹחָנָן‎ (Yəhōḥānān, “God is gracious”).

Doublet of Jack, Jon, Johan, Johann, Johannes, Jean, Sean, Shane, Shaun, Ian, Ivan, Evan, Juan, Giovanni, and Yahya.

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɒn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑn/
• 韻: -ɒn

固有名詞

John (複数形 Johns)

1. A male given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew]; very popular since the Middle Ages.
   • 1852 August, D. H. Jacques, “A Chapter on Names”, in The Knickerbocker, or, New-York Monthly Magazine, volume XL, page 114:

     John is a most excellent name, and Smith is a surname which is worthy of respect and honor, but wo to the man on whom they are conjoined! For John Smith to aspire to senatorial dignities or to the laurel of a poet is simply ridiculous. Who is John Smith? He is lost in the multitude of John Smiths, and individual fame is impossible.

   • 1920, John Collings Squire, “Initials”, in Life and Letters: Essays, Hodder & Stoughton, pages 233–235:

     The name I refer to is John. It has been borne by many illustrious men and an innumerable multitude of the obscure. - - - It is as fixed as the English landscape and the procession of seasons. It never becomes wearisome or tarnished. Nothing affects it; nothing can bring it into contempt; it stands like a rock amid the turbulent waves of human history, as fine and noble a thing now as it was when it first took shape on human lips. It is a name to live up to; but if one who bears it sinks into disrepute it falls not with him, but rather stays in the firmament above him, shining down upon him like a reproachful star.

   1. (informal) Used generically for a man whose actual name may not be known.

      a John Doe murder case; the dreaded Dear John letter; if we were to ask John Q. Public his opinion

   2. (informal) Used frequently to form an idea personified, as in John Bull, John Barleycorn (see derivations below).
2. (biblical) Persons of the Christian Bible: John the Baptist; and names possibly referring to one, two or three persons, frequently called "Saint": John the Apostle, John the Evangelist and John of Patmos (also called John the Divine または John the Theologian).
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 1:6:

     There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

3. (biblical) The Gospel of St. John, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the fourth of the four gospels.
4. (biblical) One of the books in the New Testament of the Bible, the epistles of John (1 John, 2 John かつ 3 John).
5. A surname originating as a patronymic.

同意語

• (name used to address a man whose actual name is not known (standard)): sir
• (name used to address a man whose actual name is not known(口語 または slang)): boy (especially to a younger man), bro (米国用法, New Zealand), gov or guv (英国用法), guvnor (英国用法), Mac (米国用法), man (especially 米国用法), mate (英国用法, 豪州用法), mister, son (to a younger man), buddy (Canada)

派生語

関連する語

派生した語

• → Arabic: جُون‎ (jōn)
• → Cebuano: John
• → French: John
• → Italian: John

参考

名詞

John (複数形 Johns)

1. (UK, military, slang) A new recruit at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
   • 1842, The United Service Magazine:

     I and the other "Johns," as I soon discovered all new-comers at Sandhurst were, and are still, styled, although at the time I was unconscious of it, managed to troop in after the A company, but although not two minutes after them, found all the different messes already seated and hard at work.

   • 2017, Verity McInnis, Women of Empire:

     To avoid bullying, first-year “Johns” (from Johnny Raw) “fagged” for senior classmen known as “Regs.” Fagging included making beds, running messages, and smuggling contraband.

2. (US, slang, archaic) Alternative letter-case form of john: a toilet, lavatory, outhouse, or chamber pot.

同意語

• See Thesaurus:toilet, Thesaurus:bathroom, and Thesaurus:chamber pot

派生語

• Cousin John