haoleとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Hawaiian haole.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /ˈhaʊ.li/
• 韻: -aʊli
• ハイフネーション: hao‧le

名詞

haole (plural haole or haoles)

1. (Hawaii, sometimes derogatory) A non-Hawaiian, especially a person of white European ancestry.
   • 1946, Armine Von Tempski, Bright Spurs, page 122:

     I had never known any haoles except Elmer and Marks and they were ice cold affairs. Everyone was always glad when their twice-a-month visit was pau. The very island seemed to sigh with relief […]

   • 2009 January 18, Lois-ann Yamanaka, “This Man Is an Island”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     And the white guy who ate Rice-A-Roni with butter was the haole who didn’t speak pidgin or eat real rice.

     (Can we archive this URL?)

   • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 27:

     Commerce was flourishing in the kingdom and the rising merchant class was made up largely of haole rather than Hawaiians.

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Further reading

• “haole”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “haole”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “haole, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

アナグラム

• a**hole, a-hole, ahole