nameとは

語源 1

From Middle English name, nome, from 古期英語 nama, noma (“name; noun; the particular word used to denote any object of thought not considered in a purely individual character; title; reputation; the reputation of some character または attribute; the mere appellation in contrast または opposition to the actual person または thing”), from Proto-Germanic *namô (“name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”). Cognate with Scots name, naim, nem (“name”), North Frisian Neem, Naam, nööm, noome (“name”), Saterland Frisian Noome (“name”), West Frisian namme (“name”), Dutch naam (“name”), Low German Name (“name”), German Name (“name”), Danish navn (“name”), Norwegian Bokmål navn (“name”), Norwegian Nynorsk namn (“name”), Swedish namn (“name”), Icelandic nafn (“name”), Latin nōmen (“name”). Doublet of noun. See also neven.

The verb is from 古期英語 namian, from Proto-Germanic *nōmōjaną, derived from the noun.

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.
   • Bible, Genesis ii. 19

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

   • Shakespeare

     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.

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).
   • Dryden

     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.
   • Macaulay

     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!

同意語

• proper name
• See also Thesaurus:name

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.

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. (transitive) To give a name to.
   • 1904: L. Frank Baum, The Land of Oz — I will name the fellow 'Jack Pumpkinhead!'
   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, 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!

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.
   • 10 July 2013: John Bercow, Speaker of the House of Commons, 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.

派生語

参考

• christen
• epithet
• moniker
• sobriquet

語源 2

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