cougarとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From French couguar, from Portuguese cuguardo, a deformation of Brazilian Portuguese suçuarana (earlier çuçuarana), perhaps from Tupian (suasuarana (“deerlike animal”), from suasú (“deer”); compare sɨwasuarána (“cervine”)) or perhaps from Guaraní (guaçuara).^[1]

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːɡə/, [ˈkʰuːɡə], /ˈkuːɡɑː/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈkuɡɚ/, [ˈkʰuɡɚ]

名詞

cougar (複数形 cougars)

1. A mountain lion; Puma concolor.

   Synonyms: catamount, catamountain, mountain lion, painter, panther, puma, red tiger

   Hyponym: Florida panther

   • 1792, Buffon's Natural History, volume 7, translation of original by Georges-Louis Leclerc:

     They are found in Brasil, Paraguay, and in the country of the Amazons; and there is reason to believe that the animal, described by some travellers, under the name of the Ocorome, in Peru, is the same as the cougar, as well as that in the country of the Iroquois, which has been considered as a tiger, thought it is neither striped like that animal, nor spotted like the panther.

   • 1831, Francis Smith Eastman, A history of the state of New York:

     The Cougar has entirely disappeared, or is very rarely met with. This animal was about the size of the wolf, of a gray color, strong, active, fierce and untameable.

   • 1854, “The cougar, and an adventure with one”, in The Anglo-American Magazine, volume 4, page 84:

     The only indigenous long tailed cat in America north of the parallel of 30 degrees is the cougar. The wild cats, so called, are lynxes with short tails; and of these there are three distinct species.

2. (Canada, 米国用法, slang) An older woman who actively seeks the casual, often sexual, companionship of younger men, by implication a female “sexual predator”.

   Hypernyms: cradle robber, cradle snatcher, manther

   Coordinate terms: cub, MILF, sugar mama, toy boy

   A cougar approached Warren at the Palomino Club and asked for a dance.

   • 2010, “Home Wreckers”, in How I Met Your Mother, season 5, episode 20:

     Barney Stinson: She's a cougar, Ted! / Robin Scherbatsky: I thought you said you can't be a cougar if you're over 50.

   • 2011, Donna McDonald, Dating A Cougar, (→ISBN):

     “Younger can be good. How much younger?” Regina asked, inspecting the appetizer plates for any lingering bites. “I don't know,” Alexa said frowning. “Why does that matter?” “Less than eight years makes you a Puma. Over eight years makes you a Cougar,” Regina said wisely, grinning as Lauren nodded excitedly in agreement.

派生語

• cougarhood
• cougaring
• cougarish
• cougarlike

Further reading

• Cougar on Wikipedia.

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