Oyleとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Old French oile, from Latin oleum, from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion); thus a doublet of ele and olie. First attested in c. 1225.

発音

• IPA: /ˈɔi̯l(ə)/, /ˈui̯l(ə)/
• IPA: /ˈœi̯l(ə)/ (Southern, West Midland)

名詞

oyle (plural oyles)

1. Oil; liquid fat:

   Synonyms: ele, olie

   1. Olive oil (for cooking, cosmetics, lighting, and medicine)
   2. Anointing oil (for christening unction, and consecration)
   3. Burning oil as a means of torture.
   4. The oil of saints; oil that exudes from saints' bodies.
2. Salvation or oil as a symbol of it (thus a term of praise for Jesus)
3. Convincing or pleasing words (compare modern English butter up)
4. (alchemy) An alchemical extract; quintessence.

使用する際の注意点

• Terms indicating the type of oil are usually formed by adding of (thing[s]) after oyle; e.g. oyle of olyves; this contrasts with the usual pattern in Modern English (olive oil).

派生語

• oylen
• oyler

派生した語

• English: oil
• Middle Scots: oyle, ule
  • Scots: ile
• → Cornish: oyl

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