anyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English any, eny, ony, ani, aniȝ, eniȝ, æniȝ, from 古期英語 ǣniġ (“any”), from Proto-West Germanic *ainīg, *ainag, from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”), equivalent to one +‎ -y. Cognate to Saterland Frisian eenich (“some”), West Frisian iennich (“only”), Dutch enig (“any, some”), Afrikaans enig (“any”), German Low German enig (“some”), German einig (“some”), Italian unico (“unique”), French unique (“unique”). Doublet of unique.

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɛnɪ/
• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɛni/, (廃れた用法, dialectal かつ historical) /ˈæni/
• (Ireland, Newfoundland) IPA^(key): /ˈæni/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɛni/
  • (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɪni/
• 韻: -ɛni, -æni
• (米国発音) Homophone: innie (pin-pen)
• (Ireland, Newfoundland, 英国発音 廃れた用法) Homophone: Annie

副詞

any (not comparable)

1. To even the slightest extent, at all.

   I will not remain here any longer.

   If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways!

   That doesn't bother me any. (主に米国用法 usage)

   • 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, Bantam, published 1992, →ISBN, page 58:

     I wasn't any too easy in my mind.

   • 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 104:

     'That wouldn't surprise me any.'

限定詞

any

1. (chiefly in the negative) One at all; at least one; at least one kind of; some; a positive quantity of.

   Do you have any biscuits?

   Do you have any food?

   I haven't got any money.

   It won't do you any good.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew xi:27:

     No man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son.

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess‎^[1]:

     Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.

2. No matter what kind.

   Choose any item you want.

   Any person may apply.

   Press any key to continue.

   • 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.

   • 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:

     Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.

派生語

参考

• some
• anny

代名詞

any

1. Any thing(s) or person(s).

   Any may apply.

参照

• any at OneLook Dictionary Search

アナグラム

• AYN, Ayn, NAY, NYA, Nay, Yan, ayn, nay, yan

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛniː pə(ɹ).sɛnt/

名詞

any% (複数形 not attested)

1. (video games, speedrunning) A category in speedrunning which pertains to the goal of a game's mere completion, i.e. getting to the main concluding goal as quickly as possible, regardless of how much is unlocked or what techniques are used.

使用する際の注意点

The term is often used to differentiate between other categories, such as the 100% category, which completes the game to the fullest extent while also unlocking every feature possible, or low%, which completes the game while unlocking as little as possible.

アナグラム

• AYN, Ayn, NAY, NYA, Nay, Yan, ayn, nay, yan