Womenとは意味・読み方・使い方

接尾辞

-women

1. Persons who are experts in an area; e.g. horsewomen, sportswomen.
2. Persons who are employed or hold a position in an area; e.g newswomen, policewomen.
3. Persons who have special characteristics relating to an area, e.g. superwomen.

派生語

参考

• -woman

語源

From Middle English wimmen, from 古期英語 wīfmenn (“women”), from wīf (“female”) + menn (“men, persons, human beings”), equivalent to wife +‎ men. Spelling (with o) influenced by the singular; see woman for more.

発音

• (Received 発音, 米国発音, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈwɪm.ɪn/, /ˈwɪm.ən/, /ˈwʊm.ən/
  • 韻: -ɪmɪn
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈwʊm.ɘn/, /ˈwɘm.ɘn/
  • 韻: -ʊmən
• ハイフネーション: wom‧en
• Homophone: woman (some dialects, common in New Zealand かつ South Africa)

名詞

women

1. plural of woman

   Three women went for a walk.

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:women.
   • 1942 July-August, T. F. Cameron, “How the Staff of a Railway is Recruited”, in Railway Magazine, page 207:

     Since the outbreak of war women have been recruited for many grades of railway work. The number of women clerks has been increased greatly, and women are performing invaluable work as porters, motor drivers, carriage cleaners, and telephone operators, as well as in a variety of other capacities.