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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: lēʹsə, lēʹzə, līʹzə, IPA: /ˈliːsə/, /ˈliːzə/, /ˈlaɪzə/
• (General American) enPR: lēʹsə, lēʹzə, līʹzə, IPA: /ˈlisə/, /ˈlizə/, /ˈlaɪzə/
• 韻: -iːsə, -iːzə, -aɪzə
• 異形同音異義語: LISA, Liza, liza

固有名詞

Lisa (plural Lisas)

1. A female given name from Hebrew.

   You were born in the '70s? Were you named after Lisa on As the World Turns?

   • 1868, William Meynell Whittmore, editor, Sunshine, page 138:

     Elizabeth coloured.
     "Oh, I don't want the doll called after me, if that is what you mean," she said, rather disdainfully.
     "Nonsense, Lisa!" laughed her father, "you ought to consider yourself highly honoured to have such a handsome lady as this for your namesake."

   • 1997, Penelope Lively, Moon Tiger, Grove Press, →ISBN:

     Lisa is a better name. Claudia bangs, like the gong in the hall at Sotleigh. Bang - whoom! Lisa makes a nice silky noise, like streams or rain.

   • 2007, Elinor Lipman, My Latest Grievance, →ISBN, page 16:

     Did I want to be burdened with a common name? Be the third Lisa and fourth Susan in my classroom? Darleen or Doreen or Maureen?
     I did.

使用する際の注意点

• Taken to general use as a full English given name in early 20th century. Very popular in the U.S. in the 1960s, and in the U.K. a decade later.

名詞

Lisa (plural Lisas)

1. (computing, historical) Ellipsis of Apple Lisa.
   • 1984 July 23, Peggy Watt, “Democrats Computerize Politics”, in InfoWorld, volume 6, number 30, page 24:

     Both Macs and Lisas, along with Imagewriter printers, are part of the convention network organized by Sytek of Mountain View, California.

2. (slang) An idealised girlfriend.

Further reading

• Eric Partridge (2005), “Lisa”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 2 (J–Z), London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1216.

アナグラム

• SAIL, Lasi, Alis, Lias, lias, sial, Isla, sail, Lais, ails, SiAl, LIAs, lais, Ilsa