ベルヴェデーレ
解説 Definition
Belvedere は見晴らしのよい場所や展望用の建物を表す語で、地名や建物名としても使われる Belvedere を指します。固有名として使う場合、英語では通常 Belvedere と大文字で書きます。
A structure, terrace, or elevated place designed to provide a wide and attractive view, especially in a garden or on top of a building. When used as the official name of a place or building, it is capitalized as Belvedere.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
イタリア語 bel「美しい」+ vedere「見る」で、文字どおり「美しい眺め」を楽しむ場所です。庭園の高台、屋上の小亭、展望建築を思い浮かべ、a belvedere overlooking the garden の形で覚えましょう。地名・建物名なら Belvedere と大文字になります。
Break belvedere into its Italian elements: bel, “beautiful,” and vedere, “to see.” A belvedere is therefore a place made for seeing something beautiful. Picture a small pavilion high above a garden, river, or city, with visitors stopping to enjoy the view. A useful phrase is “a belvedere overlooking the garden.” As a common architectural noun it can be lowercase, but as the official name of a palace, district, or particular structure, it is written with a capital B: Belvedere.
例文
The tour ended at the Belvedere above the old garden.
ツアーは古い庭園を見下ろすベルヴェデーレで終わりました。
From the Belvedere, visitors can see the river and the city walls.
ベルヴェデーレからは、川と市壁を見ることができます。
The architect added a small Belvedere to the top of the villa.
建築家は別荘の上部に小さなベルヴェデーレを加えました。
belvedere の類義語・関連語
belvedere の語源・成り立ち Etymology
イタリア語 bel(美しい)+ vedere(見る)の合成語で「美しい眺め」が原義。vedere はラテン語 videre(見る)に由来する。関連語: belle(美女)、video(映像=見るもの)。眺望の良い高台の建物や展望台を指し、バチカンのベルヴェデーレ宮殿が有名。
Belvedere was borrowed from Italian belvedere, literally “beautiful view.” It combines bel, a form of bello meaning “beautiful,” with vedere, “to see.” Vedere descends from Latin videre, also “to see,” the source of English visual and video through related formations. The term came to denote an architectural feature or elevated site deliberately positioned to command an attractive view.
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