farmstead
農場
解説 Definition
農家の建物や納屋などを含む、農場の敷地全体のこと。
A farmstead is the main house of a farm together with its nearby buildings and land. It refers to the whole farm living area, not just one field or one building. The word is often used in rural or historical writing.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
farm + stead で覚えると定着しやすいです。farm は畑そのものより「農場」全体を指せますが、farmstead はさらに一歩進んで、家・納屋・作業小屋・庭先まで含む「農家の敷地一式」という感じ。homestead の stead を知っていれば、「stead は場所・拠点っぽい」とつながります。farmhouse が母屋一軒を指しやすいのに対し、farmstead は建物群込み。abandoned farmstead や an old farmstead のように、少し離れて農家の敷地全体を眺める場面で思い出すと、field や farmhouse と混同しにくくなります。
Break it into `farm + stead`. `Stead` is an old word for place, so a farmstead is the whole farm place, not just one field. It often appears in historical or descriptive writing with words like `old`, `restored`, or `abandoned`.
例文
The old farmstead had been in the family for five generations and still produced dairy products.
その古い農場は5世代にわたって一家のもので、今も乳製品を生産していた。
We visited a restored farmstead that showed how people lived in the 19th century.
私たちは、19世紀の人々の暮らしを示す復元された農場を訪れた。
The farmstead included a main house, two barns, a chicken coop, and a vegetable garden.
その農場には母屋、2つの納屋、鶏小屋、そして菜園があった。
farmstead の類義語・関連語
farmstead の語源・成り立ち Etymology
farmstead は farm「農場」+ stead「場所」から成り、farm は古フランス語 ferme、stead は古英語 stede に由来します。farm より「建物や敷地ごとの農の場」が意識される語で、homestead や instead にも stead の感覚が残ります。
Farmstead is made from farm and stead. Farm came into English through Old French ferme, while stead comes from Old English stede, meaning "place" or "site." The word developed to mean the place where a farm stands, especially the buildings and land together. The old sense of stead still appears in words like homestead and instead.
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