英和和英

語源

Borrowed from French naïf. Doublet of native and neif.

発音

• IPA: /nɑːˈiːf/, /naɪˈiːf/
• 韻: -iːf

形容詞

naïf (comparative more naïf, superlative most naïf)

1. Naive.
   • 1947, S.E. Morison, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Little, Brown, & Company, page 5:

     Doenitz was naïf to assume that England would have stood idly by while Germany built up her U-boat force to four figures; but it was true enough that the German Navy was unprepared for a submarine war.

使用する際の注意点

Rarely, both naïf and naïve are used, the latter specifically for women, following French usage.

派生語

名詞

naïf (plural naïfs)

1. One who is naive.
   • 2008, Monte Dwyer, Red In The Centre: The Australian Bush Through Urban Eyes, Monyer Pty Ltd, page 145:

     Now I could see there was no real rogue here, but a naïf who thought that world would always turn for him.

   • 2021 April 12, Carrie Battan, “Taylor Swift Wins with “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)””, in The New Yorker‎:

     On “Fearless,” Swift sharpened her lyrical specificity, using proper nouns and detailed renderings of conversations and experiences to create an indelible image of Taylor Swift, the savvy naïf.

アナグラム

• Fain, an if, fain, fina