Freelanceとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From free +‎ lance. Coined by Walter Scott (1771–1832) in Ivanhoe (1819; see quotation) to describe a medieval mercenary warrior or "free-lance" (indicating that the lance is not sworn to any lord's services). It changed to a figurative noun around the 1860s and was recognized as a verb in 1903 by authorities such as the Oxford English Dictionary. In modern times the term has morphed into an adjective, a verb, and an adverb, as well as the derivative noun freelancer.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈfɹiːlɑːns/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈfɹiˌlæns/
• 韻: -iːlɑːns
• ハイフネーション: free‧lance

名詞

freelance (plural freelances)

1. Someone who sells their services to clients without a long-term employment contract.
   • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Where Our Commissioners Have a Remarkable Experience”, in The Land of Mist, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, published 1926, →OCLC, page 78:

     The objector, one Millworthy, a free-lance of journalism, was not to be so easily silenced.

   • 2014, Brian Mossop, Revising and Editing for Translators, page 192:

     The person you are revising (the revisee) is a colleague at your own rank, or another freelance.

2. (historical) A medieval mercenary.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:mercenary

   • 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter IV, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, pages 98–100:

     I—I offered Richard the service of my Free Lances, and he refused them—I will lead them to Hull, seize on shipping, and embark for Flanders; […] Trust me, Estoteville alone has strength enough to drive all thy Free Lances into the Humber.

派生した語

形容詞

freelance (comparative more freelance, superlative most freelance)

1. Of or relating to a freelance; without a long-term employment contract.

   He was a freelance writer for several magazines.

   • 2007 October 30, Terry Cettina, “How to even the score on housework, kid duty”, in CNN‎:

     Both work -- Jenny as a freelance writer from home, Marc full-time-plus as a civil engineer with a long commute. Jenny also takes care of their four sons, ages 20 months to 9 years, and homeschools the two oldest.

動詞

freelance (third-person singular simple present freelances, present participle freelancing, simple past and past participle freelanced)

1. (intransitive) To work as a freelance.
2. (transitive) To produce or sell services as a freelance.

派生語

• freelancer