manners
マナー
解説 Definition
manners は manner（態度、方法）の複数形ですが、特に礼儀作法や行儀という意味でよく使われます。食事中や会話中のふるまいについて話すときに使います。
Manners are the socially accepted ways of behaving toward other people, especially behavior that shows politeness and consideration. The word commonly refers to conduct during conversation, meals, visits, and other shared situations.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
manners は manner の規則的な複数形で、-s は /z/ と発音します。ただし複数形では単なる複数の「方法」より、good manners「よい行儀」、table manners「食事作法」のように「礼儀作法」の意味が定着しています。polite behavior と結び付けて覚えましょう。
Manners is the regular plural of manner, with the final -s pronounced /z/. However, in everyday use the plural has developed the established sense of polite social behavior, not merely several “ways” of doing something. Learn it through common combinations such as good manners, polite manners, table manners, and mind your manners. Connect it with considerate behavior at meals or in conversation. Manner can mean a way or style, while manners usually evaluates how respectfully someone behaves toward others.
例文
Good manners are important at dinner.
夕食の場ではよいマナーが大切です。
She has polite manners.
彼女は礼儀正しいふるまいをします。
Parents often teach children table manners.
親はよく子どもに食事のマナーを教えます。
manners の類義語・関連語
manners の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古フランス語 manière（やり方）を経てラテン語 manuārius（手に関する）に遡る。語根 manus（手）は「手さばき→振る舞い方」へと意味が広がった。関連語：manual（手動の）、manner（方法）。複数形 manners で「礼儀作法」を意味するのは、立ち居振る舞い全般を指すため。
Manner entered English through Old French maniere, meaning a way, kind, or method, and ultimately traces to Latin forms associated with manus, “hand.” The semantic development moved from handling or doing something in a particular way to a person’s mode of conduct. The plural manners then became established for the various conventions and habits that together constitute polite social behavior.
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