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語源

Borrowed from Middle Dutch splinter or Middle Low German splinter; By surface analysis, splente +‎ -er (diminutive).

Forms with /ɛ/ are probably by association with splente, while for those with /d/; compare Old Danish splinder.

発音

• IPA: /ˈsplɛntər/, /ˈsplintər/, /ˈsplɛndər/, /ˈsplindər/

名詞

splenter (plural splentres)

1. A splinter; a small shard of organic material.
2. (rare, figurative) A kind of wart.

派生した語

• English: splinter
• Middle Scots: splendar, splender
  • Scots: splender, splender

参照

• “splinter, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.