キャベツ
解説 Definition
キャベツという意味です。丸い葉物野菜を指し、サラダ、スープ、炒め物などに使われます。日本語の「キャベツ」とほぼ同じ意味です。
A cabbage is a leafy vegetable with a compact, usually round head made of overlapping leaves. Its leaves may be eaten raw or cooked in dishes such as salads, soups, and stir-fries.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
cabbage は日本語の「キャベツ」に対応する可算・不可算両用の名詞です。丸い葉のまとまりを a cabbage、食材として切った量を some cabbage と表せます。cut the cabbage、cabbage soup、shredded cabbage など台所の場面で覚えましょう。古い語の「頭」というイメージも、丸く結球した形の手掛かりになります。
Connect cabbage with the familiar Japanese loanword キャベツ, but also learn how English counts it. A whole plant or head can be called a cabbage, while prepared food is often some cabbage. Picture the round head and its tightly overlapping leaves. Useful kitchen combinations include cut the cabbage, shredded cabbage, cabbage soup, and cabbage salad. The historical association with a “head” reinforces the shape, helping you remember that cabbage usually refers to the compact leafy vegetable rather than leafy greens in general.
例文
I cut the cabbage.
私はキャベツを切りました。
This soup has cabbage.
このスープにはキャベツが入っています。
We need cabbage for dinner.
夕食にキャベツが必要です。
cabbage の類義語・関連語
派生語
紛らわしい語
cabbage の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古フランス語 caboche（「頭」）を経て、ラテン語 caput（「頭」）に遡る。キャベツの丸い形が頭に似ていることから名付けられた。関連語: captain（頭領）、capital（首都）。同じ caput 語根で「頭・先頭」の意味を共有する。
Cabbage entered English through forms associated with Old French caboche, meaning “head.” That word is connected with the Latin caput, also meaning “head.” The vegetable’s compact, rounded mass of leaves was compared to a head, which explains the name. English spelling and pronunciation changed over time, but the visual connection between a cabbage head and a human head remains useful and is preserved in the phrase head of cabbage.
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