feasting
ごちそう
解説 Definition
feasting は feast（ごちそうを食べる、ごちそう）の動名詞・現在分詞に由来する名詞です。特別な食事をたっぷり楽しむことや、そのような祝宴を表します。
Feasting is the activity of eating a large amount of special food, usually as part of a celebration or communal occasion. It may also refer more broadly to a period or event marked by abundant eating and enjoyment.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
feasting は feast「祝宴、ごちそうを楽しむ」に -ing を付けた形で、綴りはそのまま、発音は「フィースティング」/ˈfiːstɪŋ/ です。単なる eating より、祭りや収穫祝いなどで特別な料理を大勢でたっぷり味わう場面を思い浮かべ、a day of feasting のまとまりで覚えます。
Connect feasting directly with feast: simply add -ing, with no spelling change, and pronounce it /ˈfiːstɪŋ/. Picture a harvest celebration where a whole village shares abundant special food, rather than an ordinary daily meal. This image separates feasting from the neutral word eating: feasting suggests plenty, pleasure, and often a festive group occasion. Useful combinations include a day of feasting and music, dancing, and feasting. The noun can describe either the activity itself or the celebratory eating that continues over a period of time.
例文
The village prepared a day of feasting after the harvest.
村では収穫の後、一日かけてごちそうを楽しむ準備をしました。
There was feasting in the hall until late at night.
広間では夜遅くまでごちそうの宴が続きました。
The festival ended with music, dancing, and feasting.
祭りは音楽と踊り、そしてごちそうで締めくくられました。
feasting の類義語・関連語
feasting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
feasting は feast「祝宴・ごちそう」に -ing が付いた語。feast は古フランス語 feste を経てラテン語 festa「祭りの日」にさかのぼり、祭りの食事から「宴会・ごちそう」の意味になった。関連語は festival, festive。
Feasting is formed from feast plus the suffix -ing. Feast entered English through Old French feste, from Latin festa, the plural of festum, referring to a festival or festive observance. Because such occasions commonly included abundant communal meals, feast developed its familiar senses of a celebratory meal and eating richly. The related words festival and festive preserve the same historical connection with celebration.
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