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語源

Borrowed from Italian Mónte Càrlo (literally “Mount Charles”). Named after Charles III, Prince of Monaco (1818–1889).

発音

• enPR: mŏn′tē kär′lō
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: (contemporary) /ˌmɒn.tiː ˈkɑː.ləʊ̯/, (conservative) /ˌmɔːn.tiː ˈkɑː.ləʊ̯/
• (General American) IPA: (without the cot–caught merger) /ˌmɔn.ti ˈkɑɹ.loʊ̯/, (cot–caught merger) /ˌmɑn.ti ˈkɑɹ.loʊ̯/
• (Canada) IPA: (standard) /ˌmɒn.ti ˈkɑɹ.loʊ̯/, (dialectal) /ˌmɑn.ti ˈkɑɹ.loʊ̯/
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˌmɔn.tiː ˈkɐː.ləʉ̯/, /ˌmɔn.tiː ˈkɐː.lɐʉ̯/
• (New Zealand) IPA: /ˌmɒn.tiː ˈkɐː.lɐʉ̯/
• (Scotland) IPA: /ˌmɔn.ti ˈkaɹ.lo/
• (India) IPA: /ˌmɔn.ʈiː ˈkɑː(ɾ).loː/
• ハイフネーション: Mon‧te Car‧lo

固有名詞

Monte Carlo

1. A ward of Monaco, Europe, famous for its casinos.
2. (statistics) Ellipsis of Monte Carlo method.
   • 2004 July 27, F. Keith Barker et al., “Phylogeny and diversification of the largest avian radiation”, in PNAS, page 11040, column 2:

     The probability density of the Bayesian posterior was estimated by Metropolis-coupled Markov chain Monte Carlo, with multiple incrementally heated chains.

派生語

名詞

Monte Carlo (plural Monte Carlos)

1. A commonly served drink consisting of beer and grenadine.
2. An informal dance competition, where contestants in one quarter of the floor are eliminated by a randomly drawn card representing the corner.

Further reading

• “Monte Carlo”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.