usualとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English usual, from Old French usuel, from Latin ūsuālis (“for use, fit for use, also of common use, customary, common, ordinary, usual”), from ūsus (“use, habit, custom”), from the past participle stem of ūtī (“to use”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuːʒʊəl/, /ˈjuːʒəl/
• ハイフネーション: u‧su‧al

形容詞

usual (comparative more usual, superlative most usual)

1. Most commonly occurring; typical.

   The preference of a boy to a girl is a usual occurrence in some parts of China.

   It is becoming more usual these days to rear children as bilingual.

同意語

• wonted, normal, common, standard, regular, ordinary, plain, simple, typical

反意語

• unusual, abnormal, atypical

派生語

関連する語

• usuality

Further reading

• usual in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• usual in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

アナグラム

• luaus