asparagusとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Medieval Latin asparagus, sparagus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos), variant of ἀσφάραγος (aspháragos). Displaced 古期英語 eorþnafola.

発音

• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /əˈspɛɹ.ə.ɡəs/, /əˈspæɹ.ə.ɡəs/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /əˈspæɹ.ə.ɡəs/

名詞

asparagus (複数形 asparagus または asparaguses)

1. Any of various perennial plants of the genus Asparagus having leaflike stems, scalelike leaves, and small flowers.
2. The young shoots of Asparagus officinalis eaten as a vegetable.
3. A green colour, like that of an asparagus.

   asparagus colour:  

同意語

• sparrowgrass
• sparage, sparagus, sparagrass

Further reading

• asparagus on Wikipedia.
• asparagus on Wikispecies.

Latin

語源

Also found in Medieval Latin. From Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos), variant of ἀσφάραγος (aspháragos).

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /asˈpa.ra.ɡus/, [asˈpa.ra.ɡʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /asˈpa.ra.ɡus/, [asˈpaː.ra.ɡus]

名詞

asparagus m (genitive asparagī); second declension

1. asparagus; shoot, sprout-like asparagus, samphire

語形変化

Second-declension noun.

派生した語

参照

• asparagus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• asparagus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• asparagus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette