英和和英

別の表記

• fighter, figthere, fiȝter, fiȝttere
• fyȝttere (Kent); ffihtere (West Midland); feghtare, feyghtare (Promptorium Parvulorum)
• fegher, feghtere (Northern, Northwest Midland); fechtar (Early Scots)

語源

Inherited from 古期英語 feohtere; by surface analysis, fighten (“to fight”) +‎ -ere (agentive suffix).

発音

• IPA: /ˈfixtər(ə)/
• IPA: /ˈfɛxtər/, /ˈfæi̯xtər/ (Northern, Northwest Midland)

名詞

fightere (plural fighteres)

1. A soldier or combatant; a person in combat.
2. A brawler or ruffian; a combative or violent person.
3. A supporter or champion of a cause.
4. (rare) A gamecock; a rooster in a cockfight.

派生した語

• English: fighter
• Middle Scots: fechtar
  • Scots: fechter

参照

• “fighter(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “fighter, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.