soapとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /soʊp/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /səʊp/
• 韻: -əʊp

語源 1

From Middle English sope, sape, from 古期英語 sāpe (“soap, salve”), from Proto-West Germanic *saipā, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb-, *seyp- (“to pour out, drip, trickle, strain”).

Cognate with Scots saip, sape (“soap”), Saterland Frisian Seepe (“soap”), West Frisian sjippe (“soap”), Dutch zeep (“soap”), German Low German Seep (“soap”), German Seife (“soap”), Danish sæbe (“soap”), Swedish såpa (“soap”), Norwegian Bokmål såpe (“soap”), Norwegian Nynorsk såpe (“soap”), Faroese sápa (“soap”), Icelandic sápa (“soap”). Related also to 古期英語 sāp (“amber, resin, pomade, unguent”), Latin sēbum (“tallow, fat, grease”). See seep. Latin sāpō (“soap”) is a borrowing from the Germanic.

名詞

soap (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 soaps)

1. (chemistry) A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid, commonly used in cleaning products.
2. (countable, uncountable, informal, by extension) Some other substance, often a detergent or another surfactant, able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning.

   I tried washing my hands with soap, but the stain wouldn't go away.

3. Flattery or excessively complacent conversation.

   His comments were just a lot of soft soap to flatter me.

4. (slang) Money, specially when used as a bribe.
5. (countable, informal) A soap opera.
6. (countable) A solid masonry unit or brick reduced in depth or height from standard dimensions.

別の表記

• sope (廃れた用法)

派生語

派生した語

参考

• body wash
• shampoo
• shower gel
• wash-ball

参照

• The Free Dictionary definitions from various other dictionaries
• Soaping Masonry

動詞

soap (三人称単数 現在形 soaps, 現在分詞 soaping, 過去形および過去分詞形 soaped)

1. (transitive) To apply soap to in washing.

   Be sure to soap yourself well before rinsing.

2. (transitive, informal) To cover, lather or in any other form treat with soap, often as a prank.

   Those kids soaped my windows!

3. (transitive, informal) To be discreet about (a topic).
4. (slang, dated) To flatter; to wheedle.

同意語

• (to be discreet about): soft soap, sugar soap, soft-pedal, downplay