Uとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From suppletive fusion of 古期英語 feminine ending -u, -o and Proto-Germanic *-į̄ (“feminine abstract ending”). Akin to Gothic feminine abstracts in -���� (-ei) (compare �������������� (mikilei, “greatness”); ������������ (diupei, “depth”)).

発音

• IPA^(key): /u/

接尾辞

-u

1. ending used to form abstract nouns from adjectives (compare Modern English -ness), often causing i-mutation, and remaining even when preceded by a long syllable

   ‎eald (“old”) + ‎-u → ‎ieldu (“age”)

   ‎hāliġ (“holy, sacred; pious”) + ‎-u → ‎hāligu (“holiness”)

   ‎hāl (“sound, healthy, intact”) + ‎-u → ‎hǣlu (“wholeness, health”)

   ‎hāt (“hot”) + ‎-u → ‎hǣtu (“heat, warmth”)

   ‎mennisc (“human, natural, humane”) + ‎-u → ‎menniscu (“humanity”)

   ‎miċel (“big, large; great”) + ‎-u → ‎miċelu (“greatness, size”)

語形変化

使用する際の注意点

In later Old English, -u became -o and the declension altered to reflect the following paradigm

同意語

• USD
• US$
• U$

発音

Letter name

• IPA^(key): /juː/
• 異形同音異義語: ewe, yew, you, hew (in h-dropping dialects), hue (in h-dropping dialects)

Phoneme

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /a/, /ʉː/, /ʊ/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ʌ/, /uː/, /ʊ/
• (米国発音, Canada) IPA^(key): /ʌ/, /u/, /ʊ/
• (South 米国発音) IPA^(key): /ʌ/, /ɜ/, /uː/, /ʊ/

文字

u (lower case, upper case U, 複数形 us または u's)

1. The twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.

   I prefer the u in Arial to the one in Times New Roman.

参考

• (Latin script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

名詞

u (複数形 ues)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter U.
2. A thing in the shape of the letter U

参考

• (Latin script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee/zed ^{(Category: en:Latin letter names)}

派生語

• u-turn
• u-bolt

代名詞

u (second person, 単数形 または 複数形, nominative または objective)

1. (abbreviation, slang, text messaging, Internet) you (in text messaging かつ internet conversations)

   Take me with u.

形容詞

u

1. Abbreviation of underwater.

派生語

• u-boat (1)

Latin

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /uː/, [uː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /u/, [u]

名詞

ū f (indeclinable)

1. The name of the letter V.

等位語

• (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

参照

• u in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• u in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."