mareelとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈmɑːɹiːl/
• (英国発音) IPA: /mɑˈɹiːl/
• (米国発音) IPA: /mɑˈɹil/

名詞

mareel (uncountable)

1. (Shetland) Seafire, phosphorescence on the ocean, especially around the Shetland Islands.

   Coordinate term: milky sea

   • 1892, George Stewart, Shetland Fireside Tales: Or, The Hermit of Trosswickness, page 239:

     […] as bright As the sheenin' mareel o' the sea.

   • 1898 October 15, Shetland News:

     […] rushing towards the opposite shore like a streak of mareel […]

   • 1956, The Scots Magazine, volume 65, page 200:

     This is especially the case in late summer when the sea is aflame with mareel and the boats come and go with illumined wakes while the ghostly fire drips from the oar-blades.

参考

• sea sparkle

Further reading

• Jakobsen, Norsk in Shetland (1897) page 25: Der gloorin' wi' da mareel fil da skio is light agen,
• Joseph Wright, editor (1903), “MAREEL”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volume IV (M–Q), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC.
• “mareel”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. (IPA for both US and UK have ə, audio sounds like ɑ; with the Scotland pronunciation the situation is reversed)

アナグラム

• Almere, Lamere, Marlee, Mealer, leamer, mealer, realme