heatherとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• hadder (dialectal)
• hether, hather (廃れた用法)

語源

From Middle English hather, hathir, from 古期英語 *hǣddre and hǣþ (“heather”), cognate with Scots hedder, hadder, heddir (“heather”), Saterland Frisian Heede (“heather”), West Frisian heide (“heather”), Dutch heide (“heather”), German Low German Heide, Heid (“heather”), German Heide (“heather”).

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛðɚ/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛðə/
• (廃れた用法) IPA^(key): /ˈhiːðəɹ/^[1]
• 韻: -ɛðə(ɹ)
• ハイフネーション: heath‧er

名詞

heather (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 heathers)

1. An evergreen plant, Calluna vulgaris, with spiky leaves and small purple, pink, or white flowers.
   • 1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 9:

     The cutting sides were gay with heather in bloom, and masses of dainty Scots bluebells, while patches of clear sky overhead were bringing life and colour to the sea.

2. A plant in the family Ericaceae.
3. Various species of the genus Erica.
4. Various species of the genus Cassiope.
5. A purple colour with a tint of pink and blue.

   heather:  

6. (textiles) The use of interwoven yarns of mixed colours to produce flecks.

同意語

• (Calluna vulgaris): ling

派生語

関連する語

• heath

参考

• Appendix:Colors

形容詞

heather (not comparable)

1. Of a purple colour with a tint of pink and blue.

参照

Further reading

• heather on Wikipedia.
• Ericaceae on Wikispecies.
• Ericaceae on Wikimedia Commons.

アナグラム

• heareth