acaciaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /əˈkeɪ.ʃə/, /əˈkeɪ.sjə/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /əˈkeɪ.ʃə/
• 韻: -eɪʃə

語源 1

From Latin acacia, from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía, “shittah tree”), either from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) (compare ἀκή (akḗ, “point”)) or more likely a Pre-Greek word. First attested before 1398. Doublet of cassie.

名詞

acacia (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 acacias または acaciae)

1. (countable) A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]^[1]
   • 1997, Kenneth M. Old, Ian A. Hood, Zi Qing Yuan, Diseases of Tropical Acacias in Northern Queensland, K. M. Old, Su Lee See, J. K. Sharma (editors), Diseases of Tropical Acacias: Proceedings of an International Workshop held at Subanjeriji (South Sumatra) 28 April - 2 May 1996, page 1,

     The latter species was collected only once in this survey on A. flavescens but is widespread on both tropical and temperate acacias in Australia.

2. (uncountable, pharmacy) The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia nilotica), the Egyptian acacia. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]^[1]
3. A false acacia; robinia tree, Robinia pseudoacacia. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]^[1]
4. (uncountable) Gum arabic; gum acacia. [First attested in the early 19th century.]^[1]
5. (loosely) Any of several related trees, such as the locust tree.
6. A light to moderate greenish yellow with a hint of red.
   acacia:  

同意語

• (shrub または tree of the genus Acacia): wattle (豪州用法 varieties), thorntree, whistling thorn
• (inspissated juice of several species of Acacia): gum acacia, gum arabic

派生語

参考

• false acacia
• gum acacia

参照

• acacia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

語源 2

Unknown.

名詞

acacia (複数形 acacias)

1. (history, classical studies) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.

参照

Latin

語源

From Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía), from ἀκή (akḗ, “point”).

発音 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈkaː.ki.a/, [äˈkäːkiä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈka.t͡ʃi.a/, [äˈkäːt͡ʃiä]

名詞

acācia f (genitive acāciae); first declension

1. the gum arabic tree (Vachellia nilotica, syn. Acacia nilotica).
2. the juice or gum of this plant.

語形変化

First-declension noun.

派生した語

• Italian: gaggia
• Ligurian: gasîa
• Piedmontese: gasìa, gaseja
• Venetian: gazia
  • → Greek: γαζία (gazía)
• → Dutch: acacia
• → English: acacia
• → French: acacia
  • → Moore: kasɩya
• → Italian: acacia
• → Portuguese: acácia
• → Romanian: acacia
• → Spanish: acacia

発音 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈkaː.ki.aː/, [äˈkäːkiäː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈka.t͡ʃi.a/, [äˈkäːt͡ʃiä]

名詞

acāciā f

1. ablative singular of acācia

参照

• “acacia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• acacia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius かつ others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)