SCOTTISHとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 Scottisch, from 古期英語 Sċyttisċ, equivalent to Scot +‎ -ish. Compare West Frisian Skotsk (“Scottish”), Dutch Schots (“Scottish”), German schottisch (“Scottish”), Danish skotsk (“Scottish”), Icelandic skoskur (“Scottish”). Doublet of Scotch, Scots, and schottische; compare Scot.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈskɒt.ɪʃ/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈskɑ.tɪʃ/
• (Scotland) IPA: /ˈskɔt.ɪʃ/
• (Australia) IPA: /ˈskɔt.ɪʃ/, [ˈskɔɾ.ɪʃ]
• ハイフネーション: Scot‧tish

形容詞

Scottish (comparative more Scottish, superlative most Scottish)

1. Of a thing or concept, of or pertaining to Scotland.
2. Of a person, native to, born in or whose ancestors originally came from Scotland.
   • 2024 September 21, Eve Livingston, “‘Students want to stay here now rather than disappear to London’: how design transformed the city of Dundee”, in The Guardian‎:

     In the factory, a colourful woodland of knitted trees points towards a collection of bookends commissioned from Scottish designers and inspired by the globetrotting travels in 1894 of Dundee Courier journalists Marie Imandt and Bessie Maxwell.

派生語

名詞

Scottish pl (plural only)

1. (collective, with definite article, i. e. the Scottish) the people of Scotland.

関連する語

固有名詞

Scottish

1. Scottish English, the varieties of English spoken in Scotland.
2. (rare) Short for Scottish Gaelic

使用する際の注意点

Formerly, "Scotch" was used as an alternative for "Scots" or "Scottish". The current convention is as follows:

• "Scottish" for most purposes, including people, animals, and things in general.
• "Scots" also for people, and for identifiably human matters and institutions (e.g., the Scots, Scotsmen; Scots Law (capitalized); the Scots language, which is never "the Scottish language"; rarely Scots culture, which is more commonly Scottish culture). It appears in combining form in Scots-Irish. The Scots pine is named after Scotland, though not limited to it.
• "Scotch" is sometimes (and decreasingly) used for foods produced in Scotland (e.g., Scotch salmon, Scotch tomatoes; more commonly Scottish), and always for Scotch whisky (never "Scottish whisky"). It also appears in Scotch bonnet, Scotch broth and the scotch doubles tournament format (which is usually lower-cased); and in the Scotch Game or Scotch Opening in chess. Scotch is otherwise best avoided, especially as applied to people, as Scots themselves consider it offensive, including the archaic Scotchmen and Scotchwomen.

Further reading

• Scottish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia