ken
ケン
解説 Definition
英語圏や日本でも使われる男性の名前。Kennethの愛称。
A male given name used in English-speaking countries and Japan. In English it commonly serves as a familiar short form of Kenneth, while Japanese names pronounced Ken may have separate origins.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
Ken は英語では Kenneth の親しみやすい短縮形で、Ken is short for Kenneth と覚えるのが確実です。日本語名の「健」「賢」と同じ表記・発音になり得ますが、英語名の語源とは別です。人名なので通常は Ken と大文字で書き、姓の前や呼びかけで使います。
Remember Ken as the short, familiar form of Kenneth: the first three letters of Kenneth already give you Ken. The sentence “Ken is short for Kenneth” fixes both the relationship and the spelling. Ken is also used as a Japanese given name, but Japanese names written with characters such as 健 or 賢 have their own origins and should not be treated as etymologically derived from Kenneth. In English sentences, capitalize Ken because it identifies a person, as in “Ken helped me fix my bicycle.”
例文
Ken is used as a name in both English-speaking countries and Japan.
ケンは英語圏と日本の両方で人名として使われます。
Ken helped me fix my bicycle when the chain came off.
チェーンが外れたとき、ケンが自転車の修理を手伝ってくれました。
Ken is often used as a short form of Kenneth.
ケンはケネスの短縮形としてよく使われます。
ken の類義語・関連語
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ken の語源・成り立ち Etymology
英語名の Ken は、主に Kenneth の短縮形です。英語の Kenneth は、互いに異なるゲール語名 Coinneach と Cináed の英語化形を含みます。Coinneach は「美しい、端正な」に関連づけられますが、すべての Kenneth や Ken に単一の意味を当てることはできません。日本語名の「ケン」は、使用する漢字によって異なる独自の起源を持ちます。
As an English name, Ken is primarily a shortened form of Kenneth. Kenneth represents more than one Gaelic name in English, including Coinneach, traditionally associated with a word meaning “handsome” or “fair,” and Cináed, a separate historical name. Because these sources have sometimes been merged under the English spelling Kenneth, a single origin should not be asserted for every bearer. Japanese Ken has independent linguistic origins determined by the characters used.
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