louise
ルイーズ
解説 Definition
英語圏やフランス語圏で使われる女性の名前。
A female given name used especially in English- and French-speaking communities. It is the feminine form associated with the male name Louis and is normally capitalized when written in English.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
Louise は英語圏・フランス語圏で使われる女性名で、文中では通常 Louise と大文字で書く。男性名 Louis に女性形を作る語尾 -e が加わった形として結び付けるとよい。Louise moved ... のように主語になるほか、Thelma and Louise のような作品名にも現れる。動詞 lose とは綴り・発音・意味が異なる。
Treat Louise as a female personal name and look for it where a name normally appears: Louise moved to Montreal, my colleague Louise, or Thelma and Louise. Standard English capitalizes it as Louise. Link it with the male name Louis; the final -e reflects its established feminine form in French. This relationship is more reliable than trying to memorize the sound alone. Be careful not to confuse Louise with lose: lose is a common verb meaning to misplace something or fail to win, while Louise identifies a person. Familiar titles and named individuals provide useful anchors for remembering the spelling.
例文
Louise always brings homemade cookies to the office on Fridays.
ルイーズは金曜日にいつも手作りクッキーをオフィスに持ってきます。
Thelma and Louise is a classic American road movie.
『テルマ＆ルイーズ』はアメリカのクラシックなロードムービーです。
Louise moved to Montreal to improve her French.
ルイーズはフランス語を上達させるためにモントリオールに引っ越しました。
louise の類義語・関連語
紛らわしい語
louise の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ゲルマン語の「hlud（名高い）＋wig（戦い）」を組み合わせた古フランス語Louisの女性形。「名高き戦士」が原義で、フランク王国のルイ諸王に由来する由緒ある名前。男性形Louis、ドイツ語Ludwigと同根。
Louise is the French feminine form of Louis. The name ultimately comes from Germanic elements conventionally represented as hlud, “famous,” and wig, “battle,” giving the historical sense “famous in battle.” Louis reached French through forms associated with the Frankish royal tradition, while related German forms include Ludwig. Louise became established as a female given name in French and was subsequently adopted into English and other European languages.
同じレベルの英単語をもっと
外部辞書で調べる
この単語を英単語クイズで覚えよう