cantor
カントル
解説 Definition
Cantor は英語圏などで見られる姓で、数学者ゲオルク・カントルの名としても知られる固有名詞です。人名として使う場合は、特定の人物や姓を指します。
Cantor is a surname, best known internationally through the mathematician Georg Cantor. When used as a name, it refers to a particular person or family and is normally written with an initial capital letter.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
Cantor はここでは数学者ゲオルク・カントルなどの姓で、通常は大文字で書きます。一方、同じ綴りの普通名詞 cantor は礼拝の歌を導く人です。ラテン語 canere「歌う」から chant や incantation へつながる語史を、姓の綴りを覚える手掛かりにしましょう。
For this entry, remember Cantor as a surname, especially in the name Georg Cantor, the mathematician associated with set theory. Write it with a capital C when it identifies a person. The spelling is easier to retain if you also know the common noun with the same form: a cantor is a person who leads singing in worship. That older occupational word is related through its Latin root to familiar words such as chant and incantation, providing a genuine historical link rather than a sound-based trick.
例文
The article mentioned Cantor in a short note about mathematics.
その記事は数学についての短い注でカントルに触れていました。
A book by Cantor was displayed on the library shelf.
カントルによる本が図書館の棚に展示されていました。
The student added Cantor to the list of names for the report.
その学生はレポート用の名前の一覧にカントルを加えました。
cantor の類義語・関連語
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cantor の語源・成り立ち Etymology
cantor はラテン語 cantor「歌う人」にさかのぼり、動詞 canere「歌う」からできた行為者名です。語根 can- は「歌う」を表し、chant や incantation と同根なので、礼拝で歌を導く人という意味がそのまま見えてきます。
The surname Cantor is associated with the occupational word cantor, inherited from Latin cantor, meaning “singer.” That Latin agent noun was formed from canere, “to sing.” The same ancient verbal family is represented in English by words including chant and incantation. As a surname, Cantor originally identified a person or family by connection with singing or a religious musical office; in modern use it functions simply as a proper name.
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