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語源

From 古期英語 reġnboga, from Proto-West Germanic *regnabogō, from Proto-Germanic *regnabugô; equivalent to reyn (“rain”) +‎ bowe (“bow”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈræi̯nˌbɔu̯(ə)/

名詞

reynbowe

1. rainbow (multicoloured arch created by the reflection of rain)
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Apocalips 10:1, page 120v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     And I ſaı an oþ̇e ſtronge aũngel comynge doũ fro heuene cloþıd wıþ a cloude .· ⁊ þe reynbowe on hıs heed / ⁊ þe face of hĩ was as þe ſũne .· ⁊ feet of hĩ as a pıler of fıer […]

     And I saw another strong angel descending from Heaven, clothed with a cloud and [having] a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, his legs were like a pillar of fire […]

派生した語

• English: rainbow
  • Sranan Tongo: alenbo
• Scots: rainbow

参照

• “rein, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.