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 a popular name in both English-speaking countries and Japan.
ケンは英語圏と日本の両方で人気のある名前です。
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 short for Kenneth, which means handsome in Scottish Gaelic.
ケンはケネスの愛称で、スコットランド・ゲール語で「ハンサムな」を意味します。
ken の類義語・関連語
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ken の語源・成り立ち Etymology
英語圏の男性名で、スコットランド・ゲール語の Coinneach（美しい・端正な）に由来する説と、古英語の cene（勇敢な・鋭い）に由来する説がある。日本語名の「健・賢」とは無関係だが、意味の偶然の一致が興味深い。関連名：Kenneth（正式形）、Kennedy（同語根の姓）。
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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