nickelとは

語源

Borrowed from German Nickel, first used in a text by the Swedish mineralogist Axel F. Cronstedt as an abbreviation of Kupfernickel (“a mineral containing copper かつ nickel”), from Kupfer (“copper”) + Nickel (“insignificant person, goblin”), originally nickname of Nikolaus (“Nicholas”), due to the deceptive silver colour of the relatively valueless ore. Compare cobalt as related to kobolds.

発音

• enPR: nĭk'əl, IPA^(key): /ˈnɪk.əl/
• 韻: -ɪkəl

名詞

nickel (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 nickels)

2. (uncountable) A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni.
3. (US, Canada, countable) A coin worth 5 cents.
   • 2017 October 8, John Oliver, “Confederacy”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4, episode 26, HBO:

     That is just objectively terrifying regardless of contexts! He looks like if a nickel did cocaine!

4. (US, slang, by extension) Five dollars.
5. (US, slang, by extension) Five hundred dollars.
6. (US, slang, sometimes the nickel または the hot nickel) Interstate 5, a highway that runs along the west coast of the United States.
7. (slang) A playing card with the rank of five
8. (US, slang) A five-year prison sentence.
9. (米国用法 football) A defensive formation with five defensive backs, one of whom is a nickelback, instead of the more common four.

派生語

関連する語

• kupfernickel
• niccolite
• nife
• nitinol

動詞

nickel (三人称単数 現在形 nickels, 現在分詞 nickeling または nickelling, 過去形および過去分詞形 nickeled または nickelled)

1. (transitive) To plate with nickel.

参考

• false copper
• garnierite
• pentlandite

参照

• Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN

アナグラム

• Nickle, inleck