ceasterとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Latin castra (“camp”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈt͡ʃæ͜ɑs.ter/

名詞

ċeaster f

1. fortress, fort
2. fortified settlement, town, city
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     Swylċe ēac þissum tīdum cōm myċel hungor on Constantinopolim Crēca ealdorburh: ⁊ sōna wōl was æfterfyliġende. Ġe ēac moniġe weallas mid seofon ⁊ fīfteġum tōrran ġehruron ⁊ ġefeollan ⁊ swylċe ēac moniġe ōðre ċeastre tōhrorene wǣron.

     And also at this time there was a great famine in the Greek metropolis of Constantinople; and a plague followed immediately after. Also many walls with fifty-seven towers fell and collapsed and many other cities fell to ruin.

語形変化

Strong ō-stem:

同意語

• burg

派生語

派生した語

• English: Chester; (in placenames) -chester, -cester, -caster