cuttle-boneとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 cotilbone [and other forms], from cotil, cutil, codel (“cuttlefish; cuttlebone”) (from 古期英語 cudele (“cuttlefish”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, to curve; an arch; a vault”)) + bon (“bone”) (from 古期英語 bān (“bone”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to hit, strike; to cut, hew”)). The English word is analysable as cuttle (“cuttlefish”) +‎ bone.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkʌtl̩bəʊn/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈkʌt(ə)lˌboʊn/, [-ɾ(ə)l-]
• ハイフネーション: cut‧tle‧bone

名詞

cuttlebone (plural cuttlebones)

1. Synonym of cuttlefish bone (“the calcareous, oval-shaped internal shell of a cuttlefish (order Sepiida), originally used in powdered form as an antacid and for absorbing moisture or polishing objects, and now chiefly as a dietary supplement for cage birds”)

   Synonyms: (archaic) sepiostaire, (archaic) sepium, (archaic) osselet

関連する語

• cuttle
• cuttlefish

参照

Further reading

• cuttlebone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “cuttle-bone, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2023.
• “cuttlebone, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.