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• (surname): fforde

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /fɔːd/
• (General American) IPA: /fɔɹd/
• Homophone: ford
• 韻: -ɔː(ɹ)d

固有名詞

Ford (countable and uncountable, plural Fords)

1. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a ford.
   • 2025 February 16, Sophie Shaw, “5 tips for healthy hair in your 40s and beyond, from professional hairstylists”, in CNN‎:

     We spoke to Ford and other hairstylists over 40 about what to expect from these changes and how to treat them. Read on for the experts’ tips for helping your hair age gracefully.

2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A placename:
   1. A number of places in the United Kingdom:
      1. A number of places in England:
         1. A hamlet in Dinton with Ford and Upton parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP7709).
         2. A hamlet in Eckington parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4080).
         3. A suburb of Plymouth, Devon (OS grid ref SX4656).
         4. A hamlet in Holbeton parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX6150).
         5. A hamlet in Temple Guiting parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP0829).
         6. A hamlet in Ford and Stoke Prior parish, south of Leominster, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO5155)
         7. A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ3398).
         8. A small village and civil parish in northern Northumberland (OS grid ref NT9437).
         9. A village and civil parish west of Shrewsbury, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ4113).
         10. A village and civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ0003).
         11. A small village in North Wraxall parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8375).
         12. A village in Laverstock parish, near Salisbury, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1533).
      2. A small village at the south-west end of Loch Awe, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN8603).
      3. A hamlet in Wolfscastle community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9526).
   2. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A ghost town in Bartow County, Georgia.
      2. A minor city and township in Ford County, Kansas.
      3. An unincorporated community in Clark County, Kentucky.
      4. A township in Kanabec County, Minnesota.
      5. An unincorporated community in Dinwiddie County, Virginia.
      6. An unincorporated community in Stevens County, Washington.
      7. A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin.

派生語

名詞

Ford (plural Fords)

1. A make of car, named for Henry Ford, or a car (or other vehicle) of this make.
   • 1918, Willa Cather, My Antonia:

     They have a Ford car now, and she don't seem so far away from me as she used to.

   • 1922, Henry Ford, Samuel Crowther, My Life and Work, Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., →OCLC:

     There were several of us and we had a little caravan — the Lanchester, a Packard, and a Ford or two.

   • 1958, John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society, page 141:

     It is easy to see why the modern car manufacturer does not enjoy the eminence of a Ford or an Olds.

   • 1972, “Take It Easy”, performed by Eagles:

     It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford slowin' down to take a look at me

   • 1995, Stella Gibbons, Cold Comfort Farm, page 90:

     Why don't you go round the country with a Ford van, preaching on market days?

   • 2000, Catherine Ryan Hyde, Pay It Forward, page 24:

     Unless, of course, he limped away, not sauntered off, maybe dragged himself to a hospital, maybe got out okay, maybe died, far from anything to tie him to a Ford extra cab, far from any ties to hometown news.

   • 2001, Bernard Goldberg, Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes how the Media Distort the News, page 174:

     And they can also live in a bigger house and drive something a little fancier than a Chevy or a Ford.

   • 2003, Lois Lowry, The Silent Boy, page 140:

     But if he had a Ford automobile, he could simply telephone the garage, and--
     ...
     We didn't need a Ford motorcar.

   • 1989, Elmore Leonard, Killshot:

     Elmore Leonard is as dependable as a Ford used to be and as knowing as a New York fashion designer.

   • 2004, Robert McCrum, Wodehouse: A Life, page 154:

     When she spotted her stepfather coming towards her she had pulled over and Wodehouse crossed over to greet her, noticing too late that she was being followed by a Ford, which swerved to avoid the Buick.

   • 2004, Keith Bradsher, High and Mighty: The Dangerous Rise of the SUV, page 304:

     A Ford dealer in Saudi Arabia repeatedly warned the automaker the same year that Firestone tires were failing on Explorers.
     ...
     A Ford memo in March 1999 said that Firestone's legal staff did not want to replace tires in Saudi Arabia for fear that doing so would require Firestone to notify NHTSA, and added that a Ford lawyer had worries "similar to the Firestone concerns."

   • 2005, William Braxton Irvine, On Desire: Why We Want What We Want, page 26:

     He is disturbed not by the crass materialism of his life but by the fact that he is still driving a Ford when he could and should be driving a Porsche.

   • 2006, Hester Browne, The Little Lady Agency, page 59:

     I remembered too late that Honey should probably drive a cute little Mini or a Ford Fiesta or some such. Damn.

派生語

• Ford City

参考

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ford is the 137 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 184,832 individuals. Ford is most common among White (62.05%) and Black (32.00%) individuals.

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