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語源

Borrowed from Old French dete, from Latin dēbita, from the plural of dēbitum. First attested in c. 1225.

発音

• IPA: /ˈdɛt(ə)/

名詞

dette (plural dettes)

1. Debt; money, goods, or services owed to another.
2. Indebtedness; having a financial obligation.
3. A duty; a legal, religious, or societal obligation.
   1. Sex (as required by a partner).
   2. Death (as required by human nature)
   3. (rare) Retaliation against a violent attack.
4. (theology) Sin (as a debt to a higher power)
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Matheu 6:9-14, folio 3, recto, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     and þus ȝe ſchulen pꝛeie / Oure fadir þat art in heuenes .· halewid be þi name / þi kyngdom come to / be þi wille doon in erþe .· as in heuene / ȝyue to vs þis dai oure bꝛeed ouer oþir ſubſtaunce / and foꝛȝyue to vs oure dettis .· as we foꝛȝyuen to oure dettouris / and lede vs not in to temptacioun .· but delyuere vs fro yuele amen […]

     You should pray like this: "Our father that's in heaven, your name will be sanctified; / your Kingdom will come; your will will be done on Earth, like in heaven. / Give us our bread over other substances, / forgive us of our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us, / and don't bring us into temptation, but instead save us from evil. Amen."

派生語

• dettour
• detty

派生した語

• English: debt
• Middle Scots: det, dete, dett
  • Scots: debt

参照

• “dette, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-10.

形容詞

dette (rare)

1. Owed, due (as a debt).
2. Appropriate, fitting.
3. Required, necessary; not optional.
4. Just or deserved; according to justice.

参照

• “dette, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-10.