freelanceとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From free +‎ lance. Coined by Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) in Ivanhoe (1820) to describe a medieval mercenary warrior or "free-lance" (indicating that the lance is not sworn to any lord's services). It changed to a figurative noun around the 1860s and was recognized as a verb in 1903 by authorities such as the Oxford English Dictionary. In modern times the term has morphed into an adjective, a verb, and an adverb, as well as the derivative noun freelancer.

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹiːlɑːns/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹiˌlæns/

名詞

freelance (複数形 freelances)

1. Someone who sells their services to clients without a long-term employment contract.
   • 1926, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Land of Mist‎^[1]:

     The objector, one Millworthy, a free-lance of journalism, was not to be so easily silenced.

   • 2014, Brian Mossop, Revising and Editing for Translators (page 192)

     The person you are revising (the revisee) is a colleague at your own rank, or another freelance.

2. (historical) A medieval mercenary.

同意語

• (medieval mercenary): see Thesaurus:mercenary

派生語

• freelancer

派生した語

形容詞

freelance (comparative more freelance, superlative most freelance)

1. Of, or relating to a freelance; without employment contract.

   He was a freelance writer for several magazines.

動詞

freelance (三人称単数 現在形 freelances, 現在分詞 freelancing, 過去形および過去分詞形 freelanced)

1. (intransitive) To work as a freelance.
2. (transitive) To produce or sell services as a freelance.