Nationalとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈnaʃn̩(ə)l/, /ˈnaʃn(ə)l/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈnæʃən(ə)l/, /ˈnæʃn(ə)l/
• 韻: -æʃənəl

形容詞

national (comparative more national, superlative most national)

1. Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation. [from 16th c.]
   • a national assembly · on the front page of every national newspaper
   • Import tariffs were raised for the national interest.
2. Belonging to or characteristic of a specific nation or country, as opposed to others. [from 17th c.]
   • this is their national dish · our national tendency to laugh at the French
3. (now rare) Nationalistic; patriotic. [from 17th c.]
   • 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford 2008, p. 599:

     ‘Come, come, don't deny it: they are really national. Why, now, the Adams are as liberal-minded men as any in the world: but, I don't know how it is, all their workmen are Scotch.’

使用する際の注意点

See nation for notes regarding the usage of national to refer to the UK and its member states.

派生語

名詞

national (複数形 nationals)

1. A subject of a nation.

   The diplomats were advised not to interact with any foreign nationals except on official duty.

2. (usually in the plural) A tournament in which participants from all over the nation compete.

   After winning the regional tournament, the team advanced to the nationals.

3. (usually in the plural, journalism) A national newspaper.
   • 1978, “Blondes (Have More Fun)”, performed by Rod Stewart:

     I had a crush on Bardot / Fell in love with Monroe / Read about 'em in the nationals / All the juicy little scandals

Further reading

• “national” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “national” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

アナグラム

• nataloin, notalian