are aとは

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɛə̯ɹɪə̯/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈæɹ.i.ə/, /ˈɛɹ.i.ə/

名詞

area (複数形 areas または areæ)

1. (mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
2. A particular geographic region.
3. Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.

   The photo is a little dark in that area.

4. The extent, scope, or range of an object or concept.
   • 2013 September-October, Rob Dorit, “Making Life from Scratch”, in American Scientist:

     Today, a new area of research that similarly aims to mimic a complex biological phenomenon—life itself—is taking off. Synthetic biology, a seductive experimental subfield in the life sciences, seems tantalizingly to promise custom-designed life created in the laboratory.

   The plans are a bit vague in that area.

5. (Britain) An open space, below ground level, between the front of a house and the pavement.

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Charles Dickens to this entry?)

6. (soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.
   • 2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2-2 Arsenal”, in BBC:

     Bendtner's goal-bound shot was well saved by goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi but fell to Arsahvin on the edge of the area and the Russian swivelled, shaped his body and angled a sumptuous volley into the corner.

7. (slang) Genitals.
   • 2003 October 2, Giovanni Ribisi as Frank Buffay Jr., “The One Where Ross Is Fine”, in Friends, season 10, episode 2, NBC:

     But what do I do when the third one runs at me with his bike helmet on? I got no more hands to protect my area!

派生語

関連する語

• areal

参考

• Imperial: square inches, square feet, square yards, square miles, acres
• Metric: square meters/square metres, square centimeters/square centimetres, square kilometers/square kilometres, hectares

アナグラム

• Aare, æra

Latin

語源

Of uncertain origin. According to a hypothesis, it is related to āreō (“I become dry”), on notion of a dry, bare space.

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.re.a/

名詞

ārea f (genitive āreae); first declension

1. open space
2. a threshing floor
3. vocative singular of ārea

āreā f

1. ablative singular of ārea

Inflection

First declension.

派生語

• ārealis
• āreola

派生した語

参照

• area in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• area in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• area in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• area in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary], Hachette
• area in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• area in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

アナグラム

• aera