swanとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /swɒn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /swɑn/
• 韻: -ɒn

語源 1

From Middle English swan, from 古期英語 swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz (“swan”, literally “the singing bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *swonh₂-/*swenh₂- (“to sing, make sound”). Cognate with West Frisian swan, Low German Swaan, swan, Dutch zwaan, German Schwan, Norwegian svane, Swedish svan. Related also to 古期英語 ġeswin (“melody, song”), 古期英語 swinsian (“to make melody”), Latin sonus (“sound”), Russian звон (zvon, “ringing”), Russian звук (zvuk, “sound”).

名詞

swan (複数形 swans または swan)

1. Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage.
2. (figurative) One whose grace etc. suggests a swan.
3. (heraldry) This bird used as a heraldic charge, sometimes with a crown around its neck (e. g. the arms of Buckinghamshire).

派生語

参考

• cob (adult male)
• cygnet (epicene, young)
• lamentation
• pen (adult female)

動詞

swan (三人称単数 現在形 swans, 現在分詞 swanning, 過去形および過去分詞形 swanned)

1. (Britain, intransitive) To travel or move about in an aimless, idle, or pretentiously casual way.
   • 2010, Lee Rourke, The Canal, Melville House Publishing (2010), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     He swans around that stinking office in his expensive clothes that are a little too tight for comfort, he swans around that stinking office without a care in the world.

   • 2013, Tilly Bagshawe, One Summer’s Afternoon, HarperCollins (2013), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     One of the few strokes of good luck Emma had had in recent days was the news that Tatiana Flint-Hamilton, her only real rival for top billing as 'most photographable girl' at today's event had decided to swan off to Sardinia instead, leaving the limelight entirely to Emma.

使用する際の注意点

• In the sense “to travel”, usually used as part of the phrase “to swan about” or “to swan around”.

語源 2

Probably from dialectal I s’wan, a corruption of I shall warrant; or possibly from a minced form of I swear on.

別の表記

• swanny

動詞

swan (三人称単数 現在形 swans, 現在分詞 swanning, 過去形および過去分詞形 swanned)

1. (US, dialectal or colloquial) To declare (chiefly in first-person present constructions).
   • 1907 December, J. D. Archer, Foiling an eavesdropper, in Telephony, volume 14, page 345:

     "Well, I swan, man, I had a better opinion of you than that."

   • 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010, page 214:

     ‘She slammed the door so hard I figured a window'd break […] .’ ‘I swan,’ I said.

アナグラム

• NASW, WANs, Wans, awns, sawn, wans

語源 1

From Proto-Germanic *swanaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *swen- (“to sound, resound”). Compare Old Saxon swan (Low German Swaan), Dutch zwaan, Old High German swan (German Schwan), Old Norse svanr (Swedish svan).

別の表記

• swon, suan
• sƿan – wynn spelling

発音

• IPA^(key): /swɑn/

名詞

swan m

1. swan

語形変化