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発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /ɡeɪt/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /ɡæɪt/
• (Scotland) IPA: /ɡet/
• (Wales, without the pane–pain merger) IPA: /ɡeit/
• 韻: -eɪt
• Homophone: gate (pane–pain merger)

語源 1

From a specialised use of gate (“way, manner, behaviour, habit", properly "way, path, street, journey”), from 中期英語 gate (“way, path, road, street”), from Old Norse gata (“path, lane, alley, road”), from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ (“passageway, street”). Doublet of gate.

名詞

gait (plural gaits)

1. A manner of walking or stepping; a bearing or carriage while moving on legs.

   Carrying a heavy suitcase, he had a lopsided gait.

2. (equestrianism) One of the distinct patterns of locomotion exhibited by a horse, occurring either naturally or as a result of training.

派生語

動詞

gait (third-person singular simple present gaits, present participle gaiting, simple past and past participle gaited)

1. (transitive) To teach a specific gait to a horse.

語源 2

名詞

gait (plural gaits)

1. (UK, dialect) A sheaf of corn.
2. (UK, dialect) A charge for pasturage.

アナグラム

• Gita, taig