Oscarとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

Exact origin uncertain. Resuscitated by James Mcpherson in The Works of Ossian (1765). Napoleon, an admirer of the Ossianic poems, chose it for his godson Oscar Bernadotte, who became a king of Sweden.

The modern given name is a conflation of two unrelated names: first, Middle Irish Oscar (the name of Fionn Mac Cumhaill's grandson in Irish mythology), from Middle Irish os (“deer”) + cara (“friend”); and second, 古期英語 Ōscār, Ōsgār (personal name, literally “spear of the gods/spear of God”), from 古期英語 ōs (“god”) and gār (“spear”) (see Oswald). Compare German Ansgar (personal name), Danish Asker, Asger (personal name), Norwegian Asgeir (personal name), Icelandic Ásgeir (personal name).

(Academy Award): Disputed. Said to have been named by actress Bette Davis after her first husband, Harmon Oscar Nelson, or by secretary Margaret Herrick after her cousin Oscar Pierce.

固有名詞

Oscar

1. A male given name from Irish or Old English.
   • 1765, James Macpherson, The Poems of Ossian, Tauchnitz, published 1847, page 192:

     My son, though alone, is brave. Oscar is like a beam of the sky: he turns around, and the people fall.

   • 2005 Marc Cerasini, etc, Operation Hell Gate, HarperEntertainment, →ISBN, page 134:

     Had a funny first name, like Oscar or maybe - no! I remember now. It was Felix. Felix Tanner.

2. A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], a rare anglicization of Mac Oscair (“son of Oscar”) (McCusker).
3. A locale in the United States.
   1. An unincorporated community in Kentucky; named for Kentucky Representative Oscar Turner.
   2. An unincorporated community in Louisiana.
   3. An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for early settler Oscar Bradford.
   4. An unincorporated community in Oklahoma; named for local rancher Oscar W. Seay.
   5. An unincorporated community in Pennsylvania.
   6. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.

派生語

• Oscar the Grouch

名詞

Oscar (plural Oscars)

1. (informal) An Academy Award.
   • 2006 October 18, David M. Halbfinger, “Hollywood Film Chain’s Latest Link”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 2025-06-21:

     Primarily seen as a publicity vehicle for late-year releases, the awards show and its promoters have lately made pretensions to Oscar oracling: Jamie Foxx won the “breakthrough actor of the year” prize for “Ray” in 2004, after all, and Paul Haggis and his ensemble cast were honored for “Crash” four months before it won best picture.

   • 2016 March 3, David Thomson, The Guardian‎:

     The gulf between cinephiles and the public has grown wide. There are pictures that make a lot of money, but seldom win big Oscars or attract young people to the show

2. A statuette awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

派生語

• legacy Oscar
• Oscar bait
• Oscarworthy

派生した語

• French: oscariser

語源 2

Shortened form of Oscar Asche.

名詞

Oscar (uncountable)

1. (rhyming slang, Australia, New Zealand) cash; money.

参考

• (award): Academy Awards

アナグラム

• ASROC, ROSCA, orcas, Carso, Rasco, sarco-, ocras, AOCRs, Arcos, Rocas, sacro-, Coras