(英・口語・やや古風)男、やつ
解説 Definition
主にイギリス英語で、男性を親しみや軽いユーモアを込めて指す、口語的でやや古風な名詞。若い男性に限らず、年配の男性にも使う。
An informal, affectionate, and now often old-fashioned British term for a man or fellow. It can refer to a young man, but expressions such as old chappy show that the word is not restricted to youth.
使い方 Usage
- a chappy、that chappy のように使う。old chappy は年配の男性を親しみを込めて指す表現。 Use forms such as a chappy and that chappy. Old chappy can refer affectionately to an older man.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
chap「男、やつ」に親しみを添える -y が付いた形。a nice chappy「感じのよい男の人」というまとまりで覚える。
Think of chap, “a man or fellow,” plus the affectionate ending -y. Remember the phrase a nice chappy for a friendly, pleasant man.
例文
That chappy seems like a nice fellow.
あの男の人は感じのよい人に見える。
A chappy came by asking for directions.
ある男の人が道を尋ねにやってきた。
The old chappy told us stories of his adventures.
その年配の男の人は、自分の冒険について私たちに話してくれた。
chappy の類義語・関連語
chappy の語源・成り立ち Etymology
chap(やつ・男)の親しみを込めた縮小形。chap は chapman(商人)の短縮で、古英語 cēapman(商人)、cēap(取引)に由来する。同根語に cheap(安い=元は取引・値段の意)がある。取引相手→人→若者と意味が変化した。
Chappy is an affectionate or diminutive formation from chap, with the familiar suffix -y. Chap developed as a shortened form of chapman, formerly a trader or merchant. Chapman descends from Old English cēapmann, built from cēap, “trade” or “bargain,” and mann, “person.” Over time, chap shifted from a word associated with a trader to an informal term for a man, allowing the later familiar form chappy.
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