deb
デブ
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
deb は debutante「社交界に正式に紹介される若い女性」を縮めた口語です。debut「初登場」と結び付けると意味を保ちやすくなります。日本語の「デブ」と同じように聞こえても、体格を表す語ではありません。社交界や上流社会を扱う記事で a young deb のように現れます。
Treat “deb” as a clipped form of “debutante,” just as some names and informal words are shortened to their first syllable. Link it to “debut,” a first public appearance: a deb is traditionally a young woman making her formal social debut. It often appears in discussions of debutante balls and upper-class social customs. Japanese learners should avoid confusing it with the Japanese word デブ, because the English word says nothing about a person’s weight or body shape.
deb の類義語・関連語
deb の語源・成り立ち Etymology
deb は debutante の口語的短縮で、日本語の「デブ（太った人）」とは別語。debutante はフランス語 débutante「初舞台に立つ女性」に由来し、debut「初登場」と同根なので、「社交界デビューする若い女性」という意味に自然につながる。
“Deb” developed as an informal shortening of “debutante.” English borrowed “debutante” from French “débutante,” the feminine form of a word for a beginner or a woman making her first appearance. It is related to “debut,” meaning a first public appearance. In English, the shortened form became particularly associated with young women formally introduced into fashionable society.
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