fliteとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• 韻: -aɪt

語源 1

From Middle English flit, from 古期英語 flit, ġeflit (“strife, contention”), from Proto-West Germanic *flit. The 古期英語 term had a short vowel, so the modern term must have had its vowel leveled in from the verb at some point in its history.

Cognate with Scots flyte (“scolding, chiding, reproof”), Saterland Frisian Fliet (“zeal, diligence”), Dutch vlijt (“zeal, diligence”), German Low German Fliet (“zeal, diligence”), German Fleiß (“zeal, diligence”), Danish flid (“zeal, diligence”), Swedish flit (“zeal, diligence”).

名詞

flite (複数形 flites)

1. (dialectal) a quarrel, dispute, wrangling.
2. (dialectal) a scolding.

語源 2

From Middle English flyten (“to argue, quarrel”), from 古期英語 flītan (“to strive, contend”), from Proto-West Germanic *flītan (“to strive, contend”). Akin to German befleissen (“to apply oneself diligently, endeavor”), Swedish beflita (“to apply to, study”), Norwegian Bokmål beflitte (“to endeavour, strive”).

動詞

flite (三人称単数 現在形 flites, 現在分詞 fliting, 過去形 flited または flote, 過去分詞 flited または flitten)

1. (dialectal) to dispute, quarrel, wrangle, brawl.
2. (dialectal) to scold, jeer.
3. (obsolete) to make or utter complaint.

関連する語

• flyting

アナグラム

• filet