ニンニク
解説 Definition
garlic は「ニンニク」という意味です。日本語の「ガーリック」とほぼ同じですが、英語では食材そのものを指す普通名詞として広く使われます。
Garlic is a strongly flavored plant whose bulb is divided into small sections called cloves. It is widely used as a seasoning in foods such as soups, sauces, and bread.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
日本語の「ガーリック」から食材の姿に結び付け、a clove of garlic「ニンニク一片」、chopped garlic「刻みニンニク」、garlic breadのまとまりで覚えます。古英語では「槍」を表す要素とleekの祖先に当たる語の組み合わせで、槍のような葉を持つネギ類という成り立ちです。
Connect garlic with the familiar food term “garlic bread,” then picture the actual bulb used in cooking. Learn it through common combinations such as a clove of garlic, chopped garlic, garlic sauce, and the smell of garlic. Its old word structure also provides a useful image: the first element meant “spear,” while the second referred to a leek-like plant. The long, pointed leaves were therefore associated with a spear, linking the name to both the plant’s shape and its botanical relatives.
例文
I put garlic in the soup.
スープにニンニクを入れました。
This bread smells like garlic.
このパンはニンニクの香りがします。
She chopped garlic for the pasta sauce.
彼女はパスタソース用にニンニクを刻みました。
garlic の類義語・関連語
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garlic の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 gārlēac に由来し、gār（槍）+ lēac（ネギ）で「槍の形をしたネギ」の意。細長い葉を槍に見立てた命名。同じ lēac を持つ leek（リーキ）は親戚語で、gar は spear と同根である。
Garlic comes from Old English gārlēac. The first element, gār, meant “spear,” and the second, lēac, referred to a leek or related plant. The compound probably described the plant through its long, spear-like leaves. Leek descends from the same second element, while the first is historically related to words for a spear in other Germanic languages.
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