Speightとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• specht, spekt, spight

語源

From late Northern Middle English specht (“woodpecker”), from 古期英語 *spiht, *speoht, from Proto-West Germanic *spiht, *speht, from Proto-Germanic *spihtaz, *spehtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“a kind of bird, woodpecker, magpie”).

Traditionally considered to be borrowed from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German, but this is rendered problematic by the mention of Spehtesberie in Domesday (Middle English Speghtesbury, Spettesbury; modern Spettisbury). Compare Dutch specht (“woodpecker”), German Specht (“woodpecker”), Danish spætte (“woodpecker”), Latin pīcus (“woodpecker”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /speɪt/, /spaɪt/
• 韻: -eɪt, -aɪt
• 異形同音異義語: spate, spite

名詞

speight (複数形 speights)

1. (obsolete) A woodpecker.