handkerchiefとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From hand +‎ kerchief.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈhæŋkəːt͡ʃɪf/, /ˈhæŋkəːt͡ʃiːf/
• (General American, without æ-raising) IPA: /ˈhæŋkɚt͡ʃəf/
  • (æ-raising) IPA: /ˈheɪ̯ŋkɚt͡ʃəf/, /ˈhɛ̃ŋkɚt͡ʃəf/
• 韻: -t͡ʃɪf, -t͡ʃiːf
• ハイフネーション: hand‧ker‧chief

名詞

handkerchief (plural handkerchiefs or handkerchieves)

1. A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands.

   Synonyms: (informal) hanky, pocket handkerchief

   Hyponym: pocket square

   He sneezed into his handkerchief during the meeting.

   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:

     Mr. Banks’ panama hat was in one hand, while the other drew a handkerchief across his perspiring brow.

   • 1937, Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon:

     Harriet, who was as a rule good at handkerchiefs, discovered to her annoyance that on this particular morning she had provided herself only with an elegant square of linen, suitable for receiving such rare and joyful drops as might be expected on one’s honeymoon. Peter came to the rescue with what might have been a young flag of truce.

2. A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief or neckcloth.

派生語

派生した語

• Cameroon Pidgin: hángis
• Krio: ɛnkincha
• Maroon Spirit Language: ingkecha
• Pichinglis: hankécha
• Sranan Tongo: angisa
  • Aukan: angisa
  • Saramaccan: ángísa, hángísa
  • → Dutch: angisa
• → Hawaiian: hinakā
• → Māori: aikiha

Further reading

• handkerchief on Wikipedia.Wikipedia