apostropheとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /əˈpɒs.tɹə.fi/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /əˈpɑːs.tɹə.fi/

語源 1

From French apostrophe, or Latin apostrophus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos, “accent of elision”), a noun use of an adjective from ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō, “I turn away”), from ἀπό (apó, “away from”) + στρέφω (stréphō, “to turn”).

別の表記

• apostrophë, apostrophy

名詞

apostrophe (複数形 apostrophes)

2. (orthography) The text character ’, which serves as a punctuation mark in various languages and as a diacritical mark in certain rare contexts.
   • 2021, Claire Cock-Starkey, Hyphens & Hashtags, Bodleian Library, page 30:

     Since its inception the apostrophe has been a controversial piece of punctuation.

使用する際の注意点

In English, the apostrophe is used to mark the possessive (e.g., “my friend’s wife”), and to show the omission of letters (e.g., “my friend’s angry”) or of numbers (e.g., "during the 1960s かつ ’70s").

派生語

参考

• apostrophe on Wikipedia.

Punctuation

語源 2

From Latin apostrophe, from Ancient Greek ἀποστροφή (apostrophḗ), from ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō, “I turn away”), from ἀπό (apó) + στρέφω (stréphō, “I turn”).

名詞

apostrophe (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 apostrophes)

2. (rhetoric) A sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, especially absent.
   • [1835, L[arret] Langley, A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster: Printed by C. White, Baxter-Gate, OCLC 1062248511, page 28:

     Apostrophe a bold digression makes,
     Mov'd by some sudden thought the theme awakes.]

派生語

• apostrophic, apostrophically
• apostrophize

関連する語

• catastrophe

アナグラム

• protophase