ashes
灰
解説 Definition
ashes は ash（灰）の複数形です。燃えたあとに残る粉のような物を指し、ふつう複数形で「灰」を表すことが多い語です。
Ashes are the powdery remains left after something has burned, especially the mixed residue from a fire. The plural form is commonly used for the collected remains in a fireplace and can also refer to cremated human remains.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 ash の複数形で、子音字 -sh の後なので -es を付けて ashes になります。発音は ash /æʃ/ に /ɪz/ を加えた /ˈæʃɪz/ です。燃えた後の灰は細かな残留物の集まりとして ashes と複数形で表すことが多く、warm ashes、ashes from the fireplace の場面で覚えます。
Ashes is the plural of ash. Because ash ends in the sibilant sound /ʃ/, English adds -es, pronounced /ɪz/, producing ashes /ˈæʃɪz/ rather than simply adding a /z/ sound. Picture the powder left in a fireplace after the wood has burned: the ashes may still be warm, someone may clean them out, or wind may carry them away. Although ash can be an uncountable material noun, ashes is especially common when referring to the collected remains of a fire or to cremated remains.
例文
The ashes were still warm.
灰はまだ温かかったです。
He cleaned the ashes from the fireplace.
彼は暖炉の灰を掃除しました。
The wind carried the ashes across the yard.
風が灰を庭の向こうへ運びました。
ashes の類義語・関連語
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ashes の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語æsce（灰）からの複数形で、ゲルマン祖語*askō（灰）に由来。印欧祖語*h₂eHs-（燃える・乾く）まで遡る。同根語にashtray（灰皿）やAsh Wednesday（灰の水曜日）がある。「燃え尽きた後に残るもの」が原義で、火葬の遺灰の意味にも広がった。
Ashes is the plural form of ash, from Old English æsce, “ash or the powder left by burning.” The noun belongs to an old Germanic word family and has cognates in several related languages. The ending -es marks the plural and is used after the /ʃ/ sound. The meaning developed naturally from burned residue in general to the remains kept or scattered after cremation.
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