magiceとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Ancient Greek μαγική (magikē, “magical”).

名詞

magic e (複数形 magic es または magic e's)

1. (education) A silent e (in certain English words, such as cake かつ time) that appears to change the pronunciation of the preceding vowel.
   • 2011, Susan M. Greve, Phonics for Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 114:

     Write the following words in a column on a printing tablet or whiteboard: fat, mat, rat, cap, pan, hid, at, and us. Ask your child to wave his magic wand, add an e with his pencil, and see the new words he makes as he adds the magic e.