wardとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (弱勢)
  • (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /wəd/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /wɚd/
• (強勢, in the word "toward" only)
  • (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /wɔːd/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /wɔɹd/

接尾辞

-ward

1. Forming adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward, as in "backward", "toward", "forward", etc.
2. Forming adjectives, as in "a backward look", "the northward road", etc; used even by speakers who usually use -wards for adverbs.

使用する際の注意点

• The choice between -ward and -wards is individual or dialectal; both are widely used with adverbs, though -ward is heavily favoured for adjectives.
• Adverbs ending in -wards (Anglo-Saxon -weardes) and some other adverbs, such as besides, betimes, since Old English sithens, etc., originated as genitive forms used adverbially.
• The adjectives toward (initial stress) and forward have meanings not predictable from the meaning of -ward.
• Awkward has retained the form but lost much of the sense in its use of this suffix.

派生語

固有名詞

Ward (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 Wards)

1. (countable) An English occupational surname, from occupations for a guard or watchman.
2. (countable) An English male given name
3. A placename
   1. A parish of Castleknock, Fingal, Ireland
   2. Ellipsis of Ward River; A river in Ireland
   3. A small town in Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand, named after Joseph Ward. ^[1]
   4. Ellipsis of Ward Beach; A coastline in Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand
   5. A locale in the United States:
      1. A city in Lonoke County, Arkansas.
      2. A town in Allegany County, New York.
      3. A town in Saluda County, South Carolina.
      4. A town in Moody County, South Dakota.
   6. Ellipsis of Ward County
   7. Ellipsis of Ward Township

派生語

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ward is the 79^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 260,464 individuals. Ward is most common among White (75.58%) and Black (18.50%) individuals.

語源 2

Shortened form

固有名詞

Ward (複数形 Wards)

1. Clipping of Edward.; A corruption of the name Edward
2. Clipping of Howard.

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