enemyとは

語源

From Middle English enemy, enemye, enmy, borrowed from Old French enemi, anemi (Modern French: ennemi), from Latin inimīcus, from in- (“not”) + amīcus (“friend”). Displaced Middle English feend (“enemy”), from 古期英語 fēond (“enemy”), which survived into Modern English as fiend, but with a different meaning.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛnəmi/
• ハイフネーション: en‧e‧my

名詞

enemy (複数形 enemies)

1. Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.

   He made a lot of enemies after reducing the working hours in his department.

   Crush the enemy!

2. A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.

   rally together against a common enemy.

3. An alliance of such forces.
4. Something harmful or threatening to another
   • 2012, John Branch, “Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in New York Time‎^[1]:

     The very thing the 16 skiers and snowboarders had sought — fresh, soft snow — instantly became the enemy. Somewhere above, a pristine meadow cracked in the shape of a lightning bolt, slicing a slab nearly 200 feet across and 3 feet deep. Gravity did the rest.

同意語

• foe
• unfriend
• adversary
• nemesis
• backfriend

反意語

• ally
• friend

派生語

関連する語

• enmity

形容詞

enemy (comparative more enemy, superlative most enemy)

1. of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy

参考

• nemesis

アナグラム

• Yemen, yemen