cottonとは

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑt.n̩/, [ˈkɑʔ.n̩]
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒt.n̩/
• Rhymes: -ɒtən
• Hyphenation: cot‧ton

名詞

cotton (usually uncountable, 複数形 cottons)

1. A plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth.
2. Gossypium, a genus of plant used as a source of cotton fiber.
3. (textiles) The textile made from the fiber harvested from the cotton plant.
4. (countable) An item of clothing made from cotton.

派生語

形容詞

cotton (not comparable)

1. Made of cotton.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 2, in The China Governess‎^[1]:

     Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety.  She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.

参照

• “cotton” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.
• Duschak, Moritz (1870) Die Botanik des Talmud (in German), Pest: I. Neuer, pages 7–10
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 42
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[2] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 92
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[3] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 235 seqq., for Arabic Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[4] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 241–242.

語源 2

1560s, either from Welsh cydun, cytun (“agree, coincide”) (cyduno, cytuno), from cyd, cyt + un (“one”), literally “to be at one with”, or by metaphor with the textile, as cotton blended well with other textiles, notably wool in hat-making.

動詞

cotton (三人称単数 現在形 cottons, 現在分詞 cottoning, 過去形および過去分詞形 cottoned)

1. To get on with someone or something; to have a good relationship with someone.
   • 1873, All the Year Round‎^[5], page 286:

     I want to tell you the Dukes, both mother and son, are cottoning to her fast enough

   • 2009 March 21, Farhad Manjoo, “A Conference That Starts on Time and Stays on Schedule”, in The New York Times‎^[6]:

     The conference — Mr. Allen’s first gathering, and, depending on the economic outlook, maybe his last — brought together entrepreneurs, techies, writers and even some middle managers who’ve cottoned on to his ideas.

使用する際の注意点

Generally used with prepositions on, to; see cotton on, cotton to.

派生語

• cotton on
• cotton to

参照

• “cotton” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.
• Take Our Word For It: Issue 178, page 2
• Palmer, Abram Smythe (1882) Folk-etymology: a dictionary of verbal corruptions or words perverted in form or meaning, by false derivation or mistaken analogy, G. Bell and Sons, page 76