innとは

発音

• enPR: ĭn, IPA^(key): /ɪn/
• 韻: -ɪn
• Homophone: in

名詞

inn (複数形 inns)

1. Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.
   • Washington Irving

     the miserable fare and miserable lodgment of a provincial inn

   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:

     One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.

2. A tavern.
3. One of the colleges (societies または buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers.

   the Inns of Court; the Inns of Chancery; Serjeants' Inns

4. (Britain, dated) The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person.

   Leicester Inn

5. (obsolete) A place of shelter; hence, dwelling; habitation; residence; abode.

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

   • Spenser

     Therefore with me ye may take up your inn / For this same night.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:pub

動詞

inn (三人称単数 現在形 inns, 現在分詞 inning, 過去形および過去分詞形 inned)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To house; to lodge.

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

2. (obsolete, intransitive) To take lodging; to lodge.

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Addison to this entry?)

参考

アナグラム

• NIN, NNI, Nin, nin

語源

Probably from inne (“in, inside”).

名詞

inn n

1. inn