weldとは

発音

• IPA^(key): /wɛld/
• Homophone: welled
• 韻: -ɛld

語源 1

From Middle English welde, wolde, from 古期英語 *wielde, *weald, from Proto-Germanic *walþijō, *walþō (compare Dutch wouw, Middle Low German walde, wolde, gaude in French), from Proto-Germanic *walþuz (“forest”). More at wold.

別の表記

• wold

名詞

weld (複数形 welds)

1. A herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America, used to make a yellow dye.
2. The yellow coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.

同意語

• (Reseda luteola): dyer's rocket; dyer's weed; wild woad

語源 2

Alteration of well (“boil, rise”), probably influenced by the past participle, welled

動詞

weld (三人称単数 現在形 welds, 現在分詞 welding, 過去形および過去分詞形 welded)

1. (transitive) To bind together inseparably; to unite closely or intimately.
   • 1847: Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Princess

     Now should men see / Two women faster welded in one love / Than pairs of wedlock.

2. (transitive) To join two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination.

名詞

weld (複数形 welds)

1. The state of being welded.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

2. The joint made by welding.

派生語

• butt weld
• scarf weld

参考

• solder
• braze

語源 3

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

動詞

weld (三人称単数 現在形 welds, 現在分詞 welding, 過去形および過去分詞形 welded)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To wield.
   • 1485: Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte D'Arthur, p. 168 line 2 (Sommer edition)

     [Arthur says to a wicked giant] "he that alle the world weldeth gyue the ſorte lyf & ſameful dethe" ("He who wields all the world gives thee short life かつ shameful death")

   • 1485: Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte D'Arthur, p. 172 line 2 (Sommer edition)

     [Arthur says to conquering knights] "ye be worthy to welde all your honour and worship"

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)

参照

• weld in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

アナグラム

• lewd