idolとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English ydole, from Old French idole, from Latin idolum, from Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image, idol”), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéydos (“seeing, image”), from *weyd- (“to see”). Doublet of eidolon, idolum, and idea.

発音

• enPR: īʹd(ə)l, IPA^(key): /ˈaɪd(ə)l/
  • 韻: -aɪdəl
  • 異形同音異義語: idle, idyl(l) (米国発音 pronunciation)

名詞

idol (複数形 idols)

1. A graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or believed to convey spiritual power.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 9:20–21:

     20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues, yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship deuils, and idoles of golde, and siluer, and brasse, and stone, and of wood, which neither can see, nor heare, nor walke:
     21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.

   • 1911 The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God, J. Milton Hayes:

     There's a one-eyed yellow idol to the north of Kathmandu, There's a little marble cross below the town; There's a broken-hearted woman tends the grave of Mad Carew, And the Yellow God forever gazes down.

2. A cultural icon, or especially popular person.
3. (Asia, originally Japan) A popular entertainer, usually young, captivating and attractive, and often female, with an image of being close to fans.
   • '26 January 2016, Mariko Oi, The dark side of Asia’s pop music industry - BBC News

     They are known as "idols" and their job is "to sell dreams". For decades, the young pop stars of Japan and South Korea have been the envy of teenagers.

4. (obsolete) An eidolon or phantom; something misleading or elusive.

同意語

• (a celebrated person): icon, star, superstar

派生語

• idolatry
• idolise, idolize

派生した語

• → Japanese: アイドル
  • → Chinese: 愛抖露／爱抖露 (àidǒulù)
  • → Chinese: 愛豆／爱豆 (àidòu)

アナグラム

• Lodi, OLDI, diol, lido, loid, olid