lavender
ラベンダー
解説 Definition
「lavender」は、地中海沿岸原産のシソ科の植物で、薄紫色の花を咲かせるハーブです。香りが良く、アロマセラピーや香水、化粧品に広く使われます。また、その花の色を指す薄紫色（ラベンダー色）を意味する言葉としても使われます。
Lavender is an aromatic herb with narrow leaves and usually pale purple flowers, widely used in perfumes, oils, and scented products. The word also names the light purple color associated with its flowers.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
lavenderは香りのある薄紫色の花を咲かせる植物名で、不可算的に香料や色名にもなる。dried lavender、lavender fields、lavender oilという典型表現を一つの場面にまとめて覚えるとよい。色を表す場合はa lavender dressのように名詞を前から修飾でき、violetより淡く柔らかな紫を連想する。
Build one sensory scene around lavender: pale purple flowers growing in lavender fields, dried lavender placed in a closet, and lavender oil used for its fragrance. This connects the plant, its scent, and its color without relying on an invented sound association. Common combinations include dried lavender, lavender oil, lavender fields, and lavender color. As a color word, lavender usually suggests a soft, light shade of purple and can modify a noun directly, as in lavender walls or a lavender dress. Violet is generally a stronger or more vivid purple.
例文
The fields of lavender in Provence are breathtakingly beautiful.
プロヴァンスのラベンダー畑は息をのむほど美しい。
She placed a sachet of dried lavender in her closet.
彼女はクローゼットに乾燥ラベンダーの袋を入れた。
The bedroom walls were painted a soft lavender color.
寝室の壁は柔らかなラベンダー色に塗られていた。
lavender の類義語・関連語
lavender の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 lavare（洗う）に由来し、古代ローマ人が入浴時にラベンダーを湯に入れて香りづけしたことから。関連語: lavatory（洗面所）、laundry（洗濯）。「洗う」が原義なので、清潔・芳香と結びついた植物名になった。
English lavender came through Anglo-French and Medieval Latin forms such as lavendula. It has often been connected with Latin lavare, “to wash,” because the fragrant plant was associated with washing and bathing. However, that precise derivation is not completely certain. In English, the plant name later also became the name of the pale purple color characteristic of many lavender flowers.
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