allianceとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English alliaunce, from Old French aliance (French: alliance). Equivalent to ally +‎ -ance. Compare with Doric Greek ἁλία (halía, "assembly").

発音

• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /əˈlaɪ.əns/
• 韻: -aɪəns

名詞

alliance (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 alliances)

1. (uncountable) The state of being allied.

   matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state, or between two countries

2. (countable) The act of allying or uniting.
3. (countable) A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.
4. (countable) Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
   • 1871, Charles John Smith, Synonyms Discriminated

     the alliance of the principles of the world with those of the gospel

   • 1860, Henry Longueville Mansel, Prolegomena Logica: An Inquiry Into the Psychological Character of Logical Processes

     the alliance […] between logic and metaphysics

5. (with the definite article) The persons or parties allied.

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同意語

• (union by relationship in qualities): connection, affinity, union, allyship
• (act of allying): union
• (persons または parties allied): coalition, league, confederation, team (くだけた用法)

関連する語

• ally

動詞

alliance (三人称単数 現在形 alliances, 現在分詞 alliancing, 過去形および過去分詞形 allianced)

1. (obsolete) To connect or unite by alliance; to ally.

Further reading

• alliance at OneLook Dictionary Search
• alliance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

アナグラム

• ancillae, canaille