cedarとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English cedre, probably from Old French cedre, from Latin cedrus, from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros).

Some suggest that the Middle English word was partially from 古期英語 ċeder, but the gap in attestation between the two words makes this proposal unlikely.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.də/
• (米国発音) enPR: sēʹdər, IPA^(key): /ˈsi.dɚ/
• 韻: -iːdə(ɹ)
• Homophone: seeder

名詞

cedar (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 cedars)

2. (countable) A coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae.
3. (countable) A coniferous tree of the family Cupressaceae, especially of the genera Juniperus, Cupressus, Calocedrus, or Thuja.
   • 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:

     There had been dry seasons, accumulations of dust, wind-blown seeds, and cedars rose wonderfully out of solid rock.

4. (countable) A flowering tree of the family Meliaceae, especially of the genera Cedrela or Toona.
5. (uncountable) The aromatic wood from a Cedrus tree, or from any of several not closely related trees.

派生語

関連する語

• cedr-
• Cedrela
• cedrelaceous
• cedrelate
• cedrine

アナグラム

• Cerda, Cerdà, Dacre, acred, arced, cader, cadre, cared, decar, e-card, ecard, raced

Latin

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkeː.dar/, [ˈkeːd̪är]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.dar/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːd̪är]

動詞

cēdar

1. inflection of cēdō:
   1. first-person singular future passive indicative
   2. first-person singular present passive subjunctive