parageとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈpaɹɪd͡ʒ/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈpæɹɪd͡ʒ/
  • (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA: /ˈpɛɹɪd͡ʒ/

名詞

parage (countable and uncountable, plural parages)

1. (archaic) Lineage, parentage; rank, especially as high or noble.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter V, in Le Morte Darthur, book VII:

     at souper the knyght sat syr Beumayns afore the damoisel / Fy fy said she syr knyghte ye are vncurtoys to sette a kechyn page afore me hym bysemeth better to stycke a swyne than to sytte afore a damoysel of hyhe parage / thenne the knyght was ashamed atte her wordes / and took hym vp / and sette hym at asyde bord / and sette hym self afore hym / and soo al that nyght they had good chere and mery reste

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2. A feudal institution that recognizes equality of rights and status between two rulers, and equality in the portions of an inheritance.
3. A woman's marriage portion or dowry.

語源

From Old French parage; equivalent to per (“peer”) +‎ -age.

発音

• IPA: /paˈraːd͡ʒ(ə)/

名詞

parage (uncountable)

1. One's bloodline or ancestry, especially in terms of relative social status.
2. A great or noble bloodline; an ancestry of high social status.
3. (rare) Common social status or position; societal equalness.
4. (rare) The right to hold land due to one's societal equivalence to other tenants.
5. (rare) Esteem, significance.

関連する語

• disparage
• disparagen

派生した語

• English: parage

参照

• “parāǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 April 2019.