nameとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English name, nome, from 古期英語 nama, noma, from Proto-Germanic *namô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

発音

• enPR: nām, IPA^(key): /neɪm/
• Rhymes: -eɪm

名詞

name (複数形 names)

1. Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.

   Synonyms: proper name; see also Thesaurus:name

   • Bible, Genesis ii. 19

     Whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

   • (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet.

   • 1904, L. Frank Baum, The Marvelous Land of Oz:

     So good a man as this must surely have a name.

   • 2013 July-August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist:

     Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.

   I've never liked the name my parents gave me so I changed it at the age of twenty.

   What's your name?
   Puddintane. Ask me again and I'll tell you the same.

2. Reputation.
   • 1604, William Shakespeare, Othello, III-iii:

     Good name in man and woman, dear my lord / Is the immediate jewel of their souls.[1]

   • 1952, Old Testament, Revised Standard Version, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 2 Samuel 8:13:

     And David won a name for himself.[2]

3. An abusive or insulting epithet.

   Stop calling me names!

4. A person (または legal person).
   • (Can we date this quote by Dryden かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     They list with women each degenerate name.

   • p. 2002, second edition of, 2002, Graham Richards, Putting Psychology in its Place, →ISBN, page 287 [3]

     Later British psychologists interested in this topic include such major names as Cyril Burt, William McDougall, […] .

   • 2008 edition of, 1998, S. B. Budhiraja and M. B. Athreya, Cases in Strategic Management, →ISBN page 79 [4]:

     Would it be able to fight the competition from ITC Agro Tech and Liptons who were ready and able to commit large resources? With such big names as competitors, would this business be viable for Marico?

   • 2009 third edition of, 1998, Martin Mowforth and Ian Munt, Tourism and Sustainability, →ISBN, page 29 [5]:

     International non-governmental organisations (INGOs), including such household names as Amnesty International, Greenpeace and […] .

5. Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
   • (Can we date this quote by Macaulay かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     The ministers of the republic, mortal enemies of his name, came every day to pay their feigned civilities.

6. (computing) A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.
7. (Britain, finance) An investor in Lloyds of London bearing unlimited liability.
8. Authority.

   Halt in the name of the law!

下位語

派生語

関連する語

• anonymous
• cognomen
• namely
• nom de guerre
• nom de plume
• nominal
• pseudonym

派生した語

• Sranan Tongo: nen
• → Japanese: ネーム

参照

• name on Wikipedia.

語源 2

From 古期英語 namian, derived from the noun.

動詞

name (三人称単数 現在形 names, 現在分詞 naming, 過去形および過去分詞形 named)

1. (ditransitive) To give a name to.
   • 1904, Baum, L. Frank, The Land of Oz:

     I will name the fellow 'Jack Pumpkinhead!'

   • 1913, Lincoln, Joseph C., chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:

     A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well.

   One visitor named Hou Yugang said he was not too concerned about climate change and Baishui’s melting.

2. (transitive) To mention, specify.

   He named his demands.

   You name it!

   • 2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America‎^[6], archived from the original on 7 February 2019:

     The three countries were named in a new study from the UN’s World Intellectual Property Organization, or WIPO.

3. (transitive) To identify as relevant or important

   naming the problem

4. (transitive) To publicly implicate.

   The painter was named as an accomplice.

5. (transitive) To designate for a role.

   My neighbor was named to the steering committee.

6. (transitive, Westminster system politics) To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.
   • 2013 July 10, Bercow, John (Speaker of the House of Commons), (Please provide the book title または journal name), to MP Nigel Dodds:

     I must warn the Right Honourable gentleman, that if he persists in his refusal to comply with my order to withdraw [the words "deliberately deceptive"], I shall be compelled to name him.

同意語

• (give a name to): bename, designate, dub; see also Thesaurus:denominate

派生語

参考

• christen
• epithet
• moniker
• sobriquet

語源 3

Borrowed from Spanish ñame, substituting n for the unfamiliar Spanish letter ñ.

名詞

name (複数形 names)

1. Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.

同意語

• cush-cush

アナグラム

• -mane, -nema, Amen, Eman, Enma, MEAN, MENA, Mena, NEMA, NMEA, amen, mane, mean, mnae, neam