splenteとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Middle Dutch splinte or Middle Low German splente, splinte, from Proto-West Germanic *splintu, from Proto-Germanic *splintō; compare Anglo-Norman esplente, splente and Medieval Latin splenta, splinta.

発音

• IPA: /ˈsplɛnt(ə)/, /ˈsplint(ə)/

名詞

splente (plural splentes)

1. An narrow metal plate used in armour.
2. A straight and slender twig; a wooden rod or strip.
3. A splinter or chip; a small, slender fragment (e.g. of wood)
4. (surgery) A splint; a thin appliance for holding a bone in place.
5. (rare, figurative) A snake (legless reptile).
6. (rare, figurative) A long, slender bone.

関連する語

• splenten
• splenter

派生した語

• English: splint
• Middle Scots: splent
  • Scots: splent, splint

参照

• “splent(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “splint, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• Norri, Juhani, compiler (2016), “splint”, in Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary in English, 1375–1550, part I & II, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1020.