john
ジョン
解説 Definition
英語圏で最も一般的な男性の名前のひとつ。ヘブライ語起源。
John is a common masculine given name in English-speaking communities. It is used as a proper name to identify or address a male person and is normally written with an initial capital letter.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
人名としては通常 John と大文字で書き、John is my friend のように冠詞なしで使います。ヘブライ語 Yohanan からギリシャ語・ラテン語を経た名で、Jean や Johann と同系です。小文字の john には口語で「トイレ」など別の意味もあるため、大文字が人名を見分ける重要な手掛かりです。
Remember John as the standard English member of a large European name family that includes Jean in French and Johann in German. It ultimately comes through Greek and Latin from the Hebrew name Yohanan. As a person’s name, it is normally capitalized and used without an article: John is my friend; Have you seen John? Capitalization matters because lowercase john also has unrelated informal meanings, including “toilet.” In the supplied examples, the word always identifies a particular man.
例文
John is my best friend.
ジョンは私の親友です。
Have you seen John today?
今日ジョンを見ましたか？
John works at a hospital.
ジョンは病院で働いています。
john の類義語・関連語
john の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ヘブライ語 Yohanan（「ヤハウェは恵み深い」）に由来し、ギリシャ語 Ioannes、ラテン語 Johannes を経て英語に定着した。聖書の洗礼者ヨハネや使徒ヨハネに由来し、中世ヨーロッパで最も普及した男性名の一つ。仏語 Jean、独語 Johann も同根。
John ultimately comes from Hebrew Yohanan, traditionally interpreted as “Yahweh is gracious.” It passed through Greek Ioannes and Latin Johannes before developing into its English form. Biblical figures known in English as John, including John the Baptist and John the Apostle, helped make the name extremely widespread in medieval Europe. French Jean and German Johann belong to the same historical name family.
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