英和和英

別の表記

• sherriff, shrieve (obsolete)

語源

Inherited from 中期英語 shirreve, in turn inherited from 古期英語 sċīrġerēfa, corresponding to shire +‎ reeve. There is no etymological connection to Sharif (Arabic شَرِيف (šarīf)), an Arabic title of honour with cognates in other languages, including Persian, Punjabi, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Turkish, Spanish, Portuguese, etc.

発音

• IPA: /ˈʃɛɹɪf/, /ˈʃɛɹəf/
• ハイフネーション: sher‧iff
• 韻: -ɛɹɪf, -ɛɹəf

名詞

sheriff (plural sheriffs)

1. (UK, except Scotland) (High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders, law enforcement and other duties.
2. (Scotland) A judge in the sheriff court, the court of a county or sheriffdom.
3. (US) A government official, usually responsible for law enforcement in their county and for administration of the county jail, sometimes an officer of the court, usually elected.

派生語

派生した語

• → Dutch: sheriff
• → Portuguese: xerife

動詞

sheriff (third-person singular simple present sheriffs, present participle sheriffing, simple past and past participle sheriffed)

1. (transitive) To carry out the duties of a sheriff. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

参考

• hatti-sherif (etymologically unrelated)

アナグラム

• Shiffer