Lavenderとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English lavendre, from Anglo-Norman lavendre (French: lavande), from Medieval Latin lavendula, possibly from Latin lividus (“bluish”), but influenced by lavare (“wash”) due to use of lavender in washing clothes.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈlæv.ən.də/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlæv.ən.dɚ/

名詞

lavender (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 lavenders)

1. Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family.
2. A pale purple colour, like that of the lavender flower.

   lavender:  

   web lavender:  

下位語

• (plant): common lavender

派生語

• lavender water
• sea lavender
• spike lavender

関連する語

• launder

参考

• lavender on Wikipedia.
• Lavandula on Wikispecies.
• Lavandula on Wikimedia Commons.
• Appendix:Colors

形容詞

lavender (comparative more lavender, superlative most lavender)

1. Having a pale purple colour.
2. (politics) Pertaining to LGBT people and rights
3. (politics) Pertaining to lesbian feminism; opposing heterosexism. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

動詞

lavender (三人称単数 現在形 lavenders, 現在分詞 lavendering, 過去形および過去分詞形 lavendered)

1. (transitive) To decorate or perfume with lavender.
   • 1986, Katherine Gibson Fougera, With Custer's Cavalry, page 47:

     Short shafts of dying sunlight mingled with the deepening grey, lavendering the horizon, and all nature seemed to hush as though waiting to welcome the night.