jonquilとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• jonquille

語源

Borrowed from French jonquille, itself a borrowing from Spanish junquillo.

発音

• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑŋkwəl/
• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɒŋkwəl/

名詞

jonquil (複数形 jonquils)

1. A fragrant bulb flower (Narcissus jonquilla), a species of daffodil. [from 1660s]
2. A shade of yellow. [from late 18th c.]

   jonquil:  

   • 1838 (date written)​, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 187:

     She had a jonquil silk pelisse, a bonnet of the same colour, with a bird of paradise plume, looking very much like an illuminated butterfly.

   • March 1920, Alice Ballantine Kirjassoff, “FORMOSA THE BEAUTIFUL”, in National Geographic Magazine‎^[1], page 258:

     At sunset dusky ghosts of sampans, laden with families living up the river, glide homeward against a jonquil sky.

Further reading

• Narcissus jonquilla on Wikipedia.
• Narcissus jonquilla on Wikispecies.