syrianとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: sĭrʹē-ən, IPA: /ˈsɪɹi.ən/
• ハイフネーション: Syr‧i‧an
• 韻: -ɪɹiən

形容詞

Syrian (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or the Syrian language.
   • 1970, Time, volume 96:

     The Syrian force was pulled back quickly and with reportedly heavy losses, but it stayed around long enough to remind the world that the Syrians are still the biggest blusterers and brinkmen in the Middle East.

   • 1999, Steven Heydemann, Authoritarianism in Syria, page 139:

     In contrast to the political dynamics of the preunion period, these struggles were heavily influenced by the new prominence of Syrian capitalists […]

   • 2011 December 31, “Syrian opposition group: More than 5,800 died in 2011”, in CNN‎:

     Representatives of the Syrian National Council and the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change in Syria signed an agreement late Friday in Cairo for a transition in a post-Assad era, the NCB said on its Facebook page.

2. (sometimes proscribed) Of, from, or pertaining to the Assyrian people or the Syriac language

派生語

名詞

Syrian (plural Syrians)

1. A person from Syria or of Syrian descent.
   • 1970, Time, volume 96:

     The Syrian force was pulled back quickly and with reportedly heavy losses, but it stayed around long enough to remind the world that the Syrians are still the biggest blusterers and brinkmen in the Middle East.

   • 2011 December 31, “Syrian opposition group: More than 5,800 died in 2011”, in CNN‎:

     He said the agreement calls for the refusal of any non-Arab foreign intervention, an important issue because some Syrians want international intervention to overthrow the al-Assad regime.

2. (sometimes proscribed) A person of Assyrian descent.

参考

• Syriac

参照

• “Syrian”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

固有名詞

Syrian

1. accusative/genitive/dative singular of Syria