soulmateとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From soul +‎ mate. First attested as soul-mate in an 1822 letter by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Not in common usage before the 1980s.

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名詞

soulmate (plural soulmates)

1. Someone, especially a romantic partner, with whom one is exceptionally or uniquely compatible or has a special, almost spiritual connection.
   • 2012, Ulli Springett, Tara Springett, Soulmate Relationships: How to find, keep and understand your perfect partner, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

     Finding your wonderful soulmate is very similar to the process of sowing a seed and nurturing it into a beautiful blossoming plant.

   • 2015, “Jungle”, in If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, performed by Drake:

     I'm all over the place, I can't sit in one place / I'm not ashamed at all / Still findin' myself, let alone a soulmate, I'm just sayin'

下位語

• bashert

参考

• kindred spirit

参照

Further reading

• soulmate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “soulmate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

アナグラム

• luteomas, talmouse