dishes
食器
解説 Definition
dishes は dish（皿、食器）の複数形で、皿や茶わんなどの食器という意味です。料理を指すこともありますが、この語義では食事に使う器具全般を表します。
Dishes are plates, bowls, cups, and similar containers used for serving or eating food. In this sense, the plural refers collectively to tableware, especially when discussing washing, storing, or preparing it for a meal.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
dish「皿・食器」の複数形で、語末が /ʃ/ のため -es を付け、発音も一音節増えて /ˈdɪʃɪz/ となる。この語義では料理の種類ではなく、皿・茶わんなど食事に使う器をまとめて指す。wash the dishes、clean dishes、dishes in the sink という台所の場面で覚える。
Dishes is the plural of dish. Because dish ends in the /ʃ/ sound, it takes -es, pronounced as an extra syllable: /ˈdɪʃɪz/. For this meaning, picture the plates, bowls, and cups left in a kitchen sink, not the different foods served at a restaurant. Common expressions make the sense memorable: wash the dishes, put away the clean dishes, and need more dishes for a party. The context tells you whether dishes means tableware or prepared foods.
例文
Please put the clean dishes on the shelf.
きれいな食器を棚に置いてください。
There are many dishes in the sink.
流しにたくさんの食器があります。
We need more dishes for the party.
パーティーにはもっと食器が必要です。
dishes の類義語・関連語
dishes の語源・成り立ち Etymology
dishes の単数 dish は古英語 disc を経て、ラテン語 discus、さらにギリシャ語 diskos「円盤・皿」にさかのぼります。もとは平たい器のイメージで、そこから食器全般や料理の意味へ広がりました。関連語は disk、desk。
Dishes is the plural of dish. Dish comes from Old English disc, which ultimately goes back through Latin discus to Greek diskos, meaning a disk or flat circular object. The earliest physical image was therefore a flat, round plate. The meaning later broadened from a particular kind of plate to eating and serving containers generally, and also to food prepared or served in such a container.
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