eddie
エディ
解説 Definition
英語圏で一般的な男性の名前。Edwardの愛称。
A common English masculine given name, usually used as a familiar or affectionate short form of Edward. As a person's name, it is conventionally written with an initial capital letter: Eddie.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
Eddie は Edward の親しみを込めた愛称で、人名なので通常は Eddie と大文字で書く。Edward の Ed に、英語の愛称でよく使う -ie が付いた形と捉えるとよい。Eddie is short for Edward という定型で覚え、本人が正式名ではなく愛称を好む日常場面を思い浮かべる。一般名詞ではなく、特定の男性を呼ぶ名前である。
Eddie is commonly a familiar form of Edward. See the connection as Ed plus the affectionate name ending -ie, which appears in various English nicknames. Remember the sentence “Eddie is short for Edward,” and picture a man whose official documents say Edward but whose friends call him Eddie. Because it is a personal name, standard English gives it an initial capital: Eddie, not eddie. It can occasionally be a legal given name in its own right, but its strong traditional association is with Edward and the shorter form Ed.
例文
Eddie loves fixing old cars in his garage on weekends.
エディは週末にガレージで古い車を修理するのが大好きだ。
Everyone at school knows Eddie because of his great sense of humor.
エディはユーモアのセンスが抜群なので、学校ではみんなに知られている。
Eddie is short for Edward, but he prefers the nickname.
エディはエドワードの愛称だが、彼はこのニックネームの方を好んでいる。
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eddie の語源・成り立ち Etymology
Edward の愛称形。古英語 Eadweard（ead「富・幸福」+ weard「守護者」）に由来し、「幸福の守り手」を意味する。関連名：Edward（エドワード）、Edwin（エドウィン）。英語圏で古くから親しまれる名前。
Eddie developed as an affectionate form of names beginning with Ed-, especially Edward, by adding the familiar diminutive ending -ie or -y. Edward comes from Old English Eadweard, composed of ead, “wealth, fortune, or prosperity,” and weard, “guardian.” Thus, the older name carried the sense of a guardian of prosperity. Eddie later became established both as a nickname and, in some cases, as an independent given name.
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