leekとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English leke, leek, lek, from 古期英語 lēac (“a garden herb, leek, onion, garlic”), from Proto-West Germanic *lauk, from Proto-Germanic *lauką *laukaz (“leek, onion”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend”).

Cognate with Dutch look (“garlic, leek”), German Low German Look (“leek”), German Lauch (“leek, allium”), Danish løg (“onion”), Swedish lök (“onion”), Icelandic laukur (“onion, leek, garlic”). See garlic.

発音

• enPR: lēk, IPA^(key): /liːk/
• 韻: -iːk
• Homophone: leak

名詞

leek (複数形 leeks)

1. The vegetable Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.
2. Any of several species of Allium, broadly resembling the domesticated plant in appearance in the wild.

同意語

• (Allium ampeloprasum): broadleaf wild leek, the Cambrian symbol (literary), garden leek, scallion (米国用法, Scotland)

派生語

• Asian leek (Allium fistulosum)
• broadleaf wild leek (Allium ampeloprasum, Allium atroviolaceum)
• narrowleaf wild leek (Allium tricoccum var. burdickii)
• garden leek (Allium ampeloprasum, syn. Allium porrum)
• houseleek (Sempervivum)
• leek moth (Acrolepiopsis assectella)
• leek orchid (Prasophyllum spp.)
• leek rust (Puccinia allii)
• lily leek (Allium moly)
• narrowleaf wild leek (Allium tricoccum var. burdickii)
• Persian leek (Allium ampeloprasum cultivar)
• sand leek (Allium scorodoprasum)
• threecorner leek (Allium triquetrum)

派生した語

• → Maori: riki

参考

• garlic
• leak
• Thrips tabaci

Further reading

• leek on Wikipedia.
• Allium ampeloprasum on Wikispecies.
• leek at USDA Plants database

アナグラム

• Kele, elke, keel, lekë