kingdomとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• kingdome (obsolete)

語源

From 中期英語 kingdom, kyngdom, from 古期英語 cyningdōm from Proto-Germanic *kuningadōmaz, equivalent to king +‎ -dom. Cognate with Scots kingdom, West Frisian keuningdom, Dutch koningdom, German Königtum, Danish kongedømme, Swedish kungadöme, and Icelandic konungdómur.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /ˈkɪŋdəm/, enPR: kĭng'dəm
• 韻: -ɪŋdəm
• ハイフネーション: king‧dom

名詞

kingdom (plural kingdoms)

1. A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.

   Synonym: kingship (one sense)

   • 1956 March, R. C. Blaker, “The Hedjaz Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 167:

     In 1924 the Hashemite King Hussein was driven out of the Hedjaz by Ibn Saud, and a state of war sprang up between the new kingdoms of Saudi Arabia and Trans-Jordan.

   • 1993, Allen Wyatt, W Edward Tiley, Jon Paisley, Using MS-DOS 6.2:

     A few other key remappings occur when you use the United Kingdom country...

   • 2023, Santanu Bhattacharya, One Small Voice, Fig Tree, page 11:

     ‘Lucknow is not a village. It is a city with a thousand years of civilization. It was the capital of the Awadh kingdom.ʼ

2. A realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant.

   the kingdom of thought

   the kingdom of the dead

3. (taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom).
   • 1839, Jonathan Pereira, The Elements of Materia Medica:

     The Organized and inorganized kingdoms are distinguished from each other by peculiarities of chemical composition, of form and structure, and of actions or functions.

   • 2022, Dhanasekaran Dharumadurai, Microbial Symbionts, page 811:

     It has micobiont from Ascomycota and Basidiomycota belonging to kingdom Fungi and photobiont from Trebouxia species.

同意語

• (realm): kingric (Britain dialectal, obsolete)
• (taxonomic rank): regnum

下位語

派生語

参考

• monarchy

語源

From 古期英語 cyningdōm, from Proto-Germanic *kuningadōmaz. Equivalent to king +‎ -dom.

発音

• IPA: /ˈkiŋɡdoːm/, /ˈkiŋɡdɔm/

名詞

kingdom (plural kingdoms)

1. dominion, lordship, rulership
2. (Christianity) The dominion and authority of God
3. kingdom, monarchy
4. state, realm
5. tribe, clan
6. region, domain, zone
7. (astrology) The region where a planet's influence predominates

関連する語

• king

派生した語

• English: kingdom
• Scots: kingdom

参照

• “MED24300, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 31 March 2018.