dog‐earの英語

語源

The noun is a variant of dog's-ear, from dog +‎ -’s +‎ ear, due to the similarity of their appearance to the folded ears of certain dogs.

The verb is either:

• directly from dog + ear;
• a back-formation from dog-eared; or
• a variant of dog's-ear (verb).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈdɒɡɪə/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈdɔɡˌɪ(ə)ɹ/, /ˈdɑɡ-/

名詞

dog-ear (plural dog-ears)

1. The folded corner of the page of a book or other publication, either due to having been read many times or intentionally as a sort of bookmark.

別の表記

• dog ear, dogear
• dog's-ear (obsolete)

動詞

dog-ear (third-person singular simple present dog-ears, present participle dog-earing, simple past and past participle dog-eared)

1. (transitive) To fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication).
   • 1955 October 19, Rex Stout, Die Like a Dog, Three Witnesses, 94 Bantam, →ISBN, page 164:

     His eyes went to his book and stayed there long enough to finish a paragraph. He dog-eared it and put it down.

別の表記

• dog ear, dogear

関連する語

• dog-eared

参照

Further reading

• “dog-ear” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.

アナグラム

• goader, o-grade