fyngerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Inherited from 古期英語 finger, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *penkʷrós.

発音

• IPA: /ˈfinɡər/, [ˈfiŋɡər]

名詞

fynger (plural fyngres or fyngers)

1. A finger (mobile extensions of the hand):
   • a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Psalm 143:1”, in Wycliffe's Bible:

     Blessid be my Lord God, that techith myn hondis to werre and my fyngris to batel.

     Blessed be my Lord God, who teaches my hands to war and my fingers to battle.

   • a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Merchant's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 2209–2210:

     And with hir fynger signes made she / That Damyan sholde clymbe upon a tree

     And with her finger she made signs / That Damian should climb onto a tree

   1. The fingers as a representation of divine craftsmanship.
   2. A digit or finger (unit of length around as long or wide as a finger).
2. (rare) The toes (usually of non-humans)
3. (rare) Something unimportant, small, or meagre.
4. (rare) A protruding extension or point.

使用する際の注意点

• In Middle English, the fyngres are usually considered to include the thumb.

派生した語

• English: finger
  • Krio: fínga
  • Sranan Tongo: finga
    • Aukan: fínga
    • Saramaccan: fínga
• Scots: finger
• Yola: vinger

参照

• “finger, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 15 July 2018.