heyfreとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Inherited from 古期英語 hēahfore, hēahfru, of disputed etymology; see that entry for discussion.

発音

• IPA: /ˈhæi̯frə/, /ˈhɛːfrə/, /ˈhɛfrə/, /ˈhafrə/, /-ər(ə)/
• IPA: /ˈhɛkfrə/, /ˈhɛfkrə/, /-ər(ə)/ (East Anglia, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire; with fortition)

名詞

heyfre (plural heyfres)

1. (non-Northern) A heifer (young female cow).

   Synonym: quye (Northern)

派生した語

• English: heifer (obsolete dialectal heckfer)
  • → Scots: heifer
• Yola: hiver

参照

• “heifer, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• Dobson, E[ric] J. (1957), English pronunciation 1500-1700‎, second edition, volume II: Phonology, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1968, →OCLC, § 127, page 647.