garlicとは

意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• garlicke (古風な用法)

語源

From Middle English garlik, garleek, garlek, garlec, from 古期英語 gārlēac (“garlic”, literally “spear-leek”), from gār (“spear”, in reference to the cloves) + lēac (“leek”). Cognate with Scots garlek, garleke, garlik (“garlic”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑːlɪk/
• (米国発音) enPR: gärˈlĭk, IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑɹlɪk/
• 韻: -ɑː(ɹ)lɪk

名詞

garlic (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 garlics)

1. A plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking.
   • 2013 March 1, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 101, number 2, page 134:

     Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.

派生語

関連する語

• leek

動詞

garlic (三人称単数 現在形 garlics, 現在分詞 garlicking, 過去形および過去分詞形 garlicked)

1. To flavour with garlic
   • 1966, Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49, →ISBN, page 6:

     ...then through the sunned gathering of her marjoram and sweet basil from the herb garden, reading of book reviews in the latest Scientific American, into the layering of a lasagna, garlicking of a bread, tearing up of romaine leaves, eventually, oven on, into the mixing of the twilight's whisky sours against the arrival of her husband, Wendell (“Mucho) Maas from work, she wondered, wondered, shuffling back through a fat deckful of days which seemed (wouldn't she be first to admit it?) more or less identical, or all pointing the same way subtly like a conjurer's deck, any odd one readily clear to a trained eye.

参考

• alliaceous
• ramp, ramson

Further reading

• garlic on Wikipedia.
• garlic on Wikimedia Commons.