prawnとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

First attested early 1400s as various Middle English forms prayne, prane, praune, and prawne, which present no clear cognates in languages other than English. The forms suggest a hypothetical 古期英語 form *prægn, where *æg would have evolved into Middle English *ay, but it is unclear if the word is of Germanic origin, from another European language, or loaned from a substrate. In the Isle of Wright, a word prankle ("prawn") is recorded^[1] and thought to be related.^[2] Century, following Skeat, suggested transposition of an unrecorded Old French *parne, *perne related to Spanish perna (“a flat shellfish”), Old Italian perna and diminutive pernochie, parnocchie, glossed as "shrimps or prawne, fishes" by John Florio,^[3] but the OED considers Florio's entry incorrect and the suggested connection semantically and phonologically implausible.^[2]

発音

• (英国用法) IPA^(key): /pɹɔːn/
• (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /pɹoːn/
• (米国用法, Canada) IPA^(key): /pɹɒːn/
• Rhymes: -ɔːn

名詞

prawn (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 prawn または prawns)

1. A crustacean of the suborder Dendrobranchiata.
2. (通例 of Nations) A crustacean, sometimes confused with shrimp.
3. (slang, derogatory) A woman with a very toned body, but an unattractive face.

   Synonyms: butterface, tip drill

   She's a prawn!

4. (Australia) A fool, an idiot.
   • 1999 August 2, Les Brown, “This old "almah" controversy”, in alt.religion.christian, Usenet‎^[1]:

     This is utter dribble. I've not read much worse than this in a long time - and he admits he doesn't know - "or so I am told". Get real, you prawn.

   • 2001 February 1, Ned Latham, “Lovesick Puppy Poetry - Volume 1”, in aus.culture.true-blue, Usenet‎^[2]:

     He didn't say he was accused of that, prawn.

派生語

• come the raw prawn
• king prawn

動詞

prawn (三人称単数 現在形 prawns, 現在分詞 prawning, 過去形および過去分詞形 prawned)

1. (intransitive) To fish for prawns.

名詞

prawn (複数形 prawns)

1. Alternative form of porn.

参照

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
• Århammar, Nils (1986): Aspects of Language: Geolinguistics