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別の表記

• tailour, taylor, taylour (obsolete)

語源

Inherited from 中期英語 taillour, from Anglo-Norman taillour, from Old French tailleor, from taillier, from Late Latin tāliō, from Latin tālea (“a cutting”). Doublet of tailleur.

Compare typologically German Schneider (akin to English snithe); Macedonian кројач (krojač), Polish krawiec (akin to Proto-Slavic *krojiti).

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈteɪlɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈteɪlə/
• Homophone: tailer
• 韻: -eɪlə(ɹ)

名詞

tailor (plural tailors)

1. A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.

   Synonyms: needleworker, (rare) tailorer

   Hyponyms: dressmaker, seamer, seamster, seamstress, tailoress

   He works as a tailor on Swanston Street.

2. (Australia) Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).

   Synonym: bluefish

   • 1880, New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council, Journal (volume 30, part 3, page 460)

     The tailor — is that a sea fish — a line fish? It is a sea fish, but not a line fish. They will bite at a line, but they are not a fish you can depend on with the line.

派生語

関連する語

派生した語

• → Esperanto: tajloro
• → Hausa: tēlà
• → Telugu: టైలరు (ṭailaru), టైలర్ (ṭailar)
• →⇒ Welsh: teiliwr (suffix replaced with -wr)
• → Yoruba: télọ̀

動詞

tailor (third-person singular simple present tailors, present participle tailoring, simple past and past participle tailored)

1. (ambitransitive) To make, repair, or alter clothes.

   Synonym: fit

   We can tailor that jacket for you if you like.

2. (figurative, transitive) To make or adapt (something) for a specific need.

   Synonyms: fit, shape

   The website was tailored to the client's needs.

   • 2024 December 16, Amanda M. Y. Chu, Damen H. Y. Woo, Agnes Tiwari, Helina Yuk, Mike K. P. So, “Which types of family caregivers are more prone to developing depression? Leveraging non-financial social support to mitigate depression”, in Current Psychology, →DOI:

     [C]aregivers from diverse backgrounds may experience variations in the emergence of depressive symptoms, necessitating distinct strategies for support tailored to their individual needs.

3. (figurative, transitive) To restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need.

   Synonym: shape

   a narrowly tailored law

参考

• Taylor

参照

• Australian Fish and How to Catch Them, Richard Allan, Landsdowne Publishing, 1990, →ISBN.

アナグラム

• Liator, Rialto, Triola