amongとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English among, amang, amonge, amange, from 古期英語 amang, onġemang, equivalent to a- +‎ mong (“crowd; group; throng”). Compare dialectal German mang, Saterland Frisian monk, monken (“among”).

The raising of /ɔ/ ( → /ɒ/) to /u/ ( → /ʌ/) is regular between /m/ and /ŋ/; compare monger, mongrel.

発音

• IPA^(key): /əˈmʌŋ/, /əˈmɒŋ/
• ハイフネーション: a‧mong
• 韻: -ʌŋ

前置詞

among

1. Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst.)

   How can you speak with authority about their customs when you have never lived among them?

2. Denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group.
   • 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:

     All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.

   He is among the few who completely understand the subject.

3. Denotes a sharing of a common feature in a group.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 1:1:

     Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us […]

   Lactose intolerance is common among people of Asian heritage.

使用する際の注意点

• For the comparison of among with between, see the usage notes in between.
• Many Americans view "amongst" as an archaic/Commonwealth variant, and use "among" exclusively.

同意語

• amongst (variant of among)
• amidst
• amid

派生語

参考

• between
• within

アナグラム

• Gamon, Mogan, ang mo, goman, mango, ngoma