coot
オオバン
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
coot は湖や沼にすむ黒っぽい水鳥「オオバン」。白い額板が目立つ姿と、a flock of coots、an old coot などの用法を結び付けて覚えます。moorhen も同じクイナ科ですが、オオバンは白い額とくちばしが特徴です。語源未詳の古い鳥名なので、無理に分解せず姿と生息地で定着させましょう。
Picture a dark waterbird swimming across a lake with a striking white bill and forehead: that is a coot. Connect the word with wet habitats and combinations such as a flock of coots. A coot resembles a moorhen, but the familiar Eurasian coot is especially easy to recognize by its white facial shield. Because coot is an old bird name whose deeper origin is uncertain, it is more reliable to remember the bird’s appearance and habitat than to invent a meaning for its letters.
coot の類義語・関連語
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coot の語源・成り立ち Etymology
coot は中英語 cote「オオバン」に由来しますが、その前は記録のない古英語形か低地ドイツ語系とされ、語源は未詳です。近縁語にオランダ語 meerkoet があり、分解して意味を読む語というより、水鳥を呼ぶ古い名づけ語だと分かります。
Coot comes from Middle English cote, a name for this waterbird. Its earlier history is uncertain: it may continue an unrecorded Old English form or be connected with a Low Germanic bird name. Dutch meerkoet is a related form. The word is therefore best treated as an old traditional name for the bird, not as a transparent compound whose parts carry a dependable modern meaning.
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