cathy
キャシー
解説 Definition
Cathy は、英語圏で使われる女性名 Cathy を指す固有名詞です。辞書見出しでは小文字ですが、通常の英文では人名として Cathy と大文字で書かれます。
Cathy is a feminine given name, commonly used as an affectionate or shortened form of Catherine or Katherine. Because it is a personal name, it is normally written with an initial capital letter in English.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
Cathy は Catherine または Katherine の親しみを込めた短縮形で、通常の英文では必ず Cathy と大文字で始めます。名札や連絡先に Cathy とある場面を思い浮かべ、同じ愛称 Kathy とは先頭の綴りが C か K かを本人の表記どおりに区別して覚えましょう。
Remember Cathy as a familiar short form of Catherine or Katherine, not as an ordinary lowercase vocabulary word. Imagine seeing “Cathy” on a name tag, contact list, or attendance sheet; the capital C immediately signals a person’s name. Cathy and Kathy usually sound alike and serve the same naming function, but their spellings are not interchangeable: use the form preferred by the person. Linking Cathy back to the longer Catherine makes both its meaning and its spelling easier to retain.
例文
The name tag says "Cathy".
名札には「キャシー」と書かれています。
I saved the contact as "Cathy" on my phone.
私はその連絡先を携帯に「キャシー」として保存しました。
The teacher wrote "Cathy" on the attendance list.
先生は出席簿に「キャシー」と書きました。
cathy の類義語・関連語
派生語
cathy の語源・成り立ち Etymology
Cathy は Catherine / Katherine の愛称で、名の語源はギリシャ語 Aikaterine にさかのぼるとされます。古くから katharos「純粋な」と結び付けて理解されることが多く、Catherine や Kathy を見ると「清らかさ」の連想が残っています。
Cathy developed as an affectionate short form of Catherine and is also used in connection with the spelling Katherine. Catherine ultimately represents a form of the Greek personal name Aikaterine, whose earliest origin is uncertain. From an early period, the name was popularly associated with Greek katharos, meaning “pure,” and that association influenced later spellings and interpretations. It should therefore be treated as a traditional association rather than a securely established original derivation.
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