easter
イースター
解説 Definition
Easter はキリスト教の祝日であるイースターを指す語です。イエス・キリストの復活を記念する日で、春に祝われます。
Easter is the Christian festival commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is celebrated in spring on a date that varies from year to year and is associated with church services as well as customs such as Easter eggs.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
祝日の名称なので通常は Easter と大文字で書きます。キリストの復活を記念する春の祝日で、on Easter、Easter morning、Easter break の組み合わせが典型的です。単なる春祭りではなくキリスト教の復活祭を指すことを、church、resurrection、Easter egg などの語と一緒に覚えましょう。
Remember Easter as the spring Christian festival centered on the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Since it is the name of a holiday, it is normally written with a capital E. Learn it through common combinations: on Easter, Easter morning, Easter Sunday, and Easter break. A church full on Easter morning gives the religious setting, while Easter eggs and special family meals represent widely known customs. Do not treat it as a general word for any spring celebration; its central meaning is the Christian commemoration of Christ’s resurrection.
例文
Our school has a short break for Easter.
私たちの学校にはイースターの短い休みがあります。
Many families eat a special meal on Easter.
多くの家庭ではイースターに特別な食事をします。
The church was full on Easter morning.
イースターの朝、教会は人でいっぱいでした。
easter の類義語・関連語
類義語
派生語
紛らわしい語
easter の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 Ēastre（春の女神エオストレ）に由来。ゲルマン神話の夜明けと春の女神の名で、印欧祖語 *h₂ews-（夜明け）が語根。ラテン語 aurora（曙光）も同根。春の再生と復活の象徴が結びつき、キリスト教の復活祭の名となった。
English Easter comes from Old English Ēastre or Ēostre, the name used for a springtime festival and, according to the early writer Bede, a goddess associated with that season. The name is often connected with a Germanic word family referring to dawn and the east, ultimately related to the Indo-European root also represented in Latin aurora, “dawn.” In English, the old seasonal name became established as the name of the Christian festival celebrating the resurrection of Christ.
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