soapとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From 中期英語 sope, sape, from 古期英語 sāpe (“soap, salve”), from Proto-West Germanic *saipā, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb-, *seyp- (“to pour out, drip, trickle, strain”).

Cognate with Scots saip, sape (“soap”), Saterland Frisian Seepe (“soap”), West Frisian sjippe (“soap”), Dutch zeep (“soap”), German Low German Seep (“soap”), German Seife (“soap”), Danish sæbe (“soap”), Swedish såpa (“soap”), Norwegian Bokmål såpe (“soap”), Norwegian Nynorsk såpe (“soap”), Faroese sápa (“soap”), Icelandic sápa (“soap”), Finnish saippua (“soap”), Finnish suopa (“soft soap”). Related also to 古期英語 sāp (“amber, resin, pomade, unguent”), Latin sēbum (“tallow, fat, grease”). See seep. Latin sāpō (“soap”) is a borrowing from the Germanic.

名詞

soap (countable and uncountable, plural soaps)

1. (chemistry) A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid, commonly used in cleaning products.
2. (countable, uncountable, informal, by extension, mineralogy) Some other substance, often a detergent or another surfactant, able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning.

   I tried washing my hands with soap, but the stain wouldn't go away.

   She went to the shop to buy soap, but they had run out.

3. (slang) Money, specially when used as a bribe.
4. (countable, informal) A soap opera.
5. (countable) A solid masonry unit or brick reduced in depth or height from standard dimensions.

別の表記

• sope (obsolete)

派生語

派生した語

参考

• body wash
• shampoo
• shower gel
• wash-ball

参照

• The Free Dictionary definitions from various other dictionaries
• Soaping Masonry

動詞

soap (third-person singular simple present soaps, present participle soaping, simple past and past participle soaped)

1. (transitive) To apply soap to in washing.

   Be sure to soap yourself well before rinsing.

2. (transitive, informal) To cover, lather, or in any other manner treat with soap, often as a prank.

   Those kids soaped my windows!

3. (transitive, informal) To be discreet about (a topic).

   Synonyms: soft-soap, soft-pedal, sugar soap, downplay

4. (slang, dated) To flatter; to wheedle.

派生語

関連する語

• soaper
• saponification

参考

• soap on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

語源 2

Probably an abbreviation of sodium pentothal.

名詞

soap (uncountable)

1. (slang) thiopental (sodium pentothal)
   • 2013, John Gardner, James Bond: The John Gardner Years:

     'Time? Doesn't have much meaning when they're trying to dry you out. I rather think they gave me a shot of soap at one point.' Soap is intelligence speak for sodium pentathol.

アナグラム

• AOPs, AOSP, OAPs, OSAP, PAOs, Paos, Paso, SOPA, Sapo, poas, sapo-