depotとは意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• dépôt (まれに)

語源

From French dépôt, from Old French depost, from Medieval Latin dēpositum, from Latin, participle of dēpōnō, dēpōnere. Doublet of deposit.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛpəʊ/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈdiːpoʊ/
  • IPA^(key): (military) /ˈdɛpoʊ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈdepɐʉ/
• 韻: -ɛpəʊ

名詞

depot (複数形 depots)

1. A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
   • 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:

     Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.

2. A storage space for public transport and other vehicles where they can be maintained and from which they are dispatched for service
3. (US) A bus station or railway station.
4. (military) A place where recruits are assembled before being sent to active units.
5. (military) A place for the storage, servicing or upgrade of military hardware.
6. (military) The portion of a regiment that remains at home when the rest go on foreign service.
7. (card games) The tableau; the area where cards can be arranged in solitaire or patience games.

派生語

アナグラム

• PEDOT, opted, poted, toped