mayoralty
市長職
解説 Definition
市長の職務や任期のこと。市長としての地位や在職期間を指す。
Mayoralty means the position, office, or time of service of a mayor. It is used in politics and government when talking about a mayor's official role or period in power. The word is fairly formal and less common in everyday speech than mayor.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
核は mayor「市長」。そこに -alty が付くと、人ではなく「地位・職務・任期」を表す名詞になると覚える。mayor / mayoral / mayoralty を3点セットで並べると定着しやすい。mayor は人、mayoral は「市長の〜」という形容詞、mayoralty は「市長職そのもの」。during his mayoralty のように、誰が市長かではなく、その在任期間や役目全体を述べる場面で出やすい。
Start from `mayor`, then connect `mayoral` and `mayoralty` as a word family. `Mayor` is the person, `mayoral` describes things related to that person, and `mayoralty` is the office or period in that role. Think of `during his mayoralty` as similar to saying "during his time as mayor."
例文
His mayoralty lasted eight years, during which the city was transformed.
彼の市長在任期間は8年間で、その間に都市は一変した。
She announced her candidacy for the mayoralty at a press conference.
彼女は記者会見で市長職への立候補を表明した。
The mayoralty of London is one of the most prestigious political offices in the UK.
ロンドン市長職は英国で最も権威ある政治的役職の一つである。
mayoralty の類義語・関連語
派生語
mayoralty の語源・成り立ち Etymology
mayoralty は mayor「市長」+ -alty「職・地位」を合わせた語。mayor は古フランス語 maire を通じてラテン語 maior（より大きい、上位の者）にさかのぼり、「上に立つ人」から市長職という意味になった。関連語は major, mayor。
Mayoralty combines mayor with the suffix -alty, which means an office, rank, or condition. Mayor came through Old French maire from Latin maior, meaning "greater" or "superior." The idea developed from a higher-ranking person to the chief official of a town or city, and mayoralty then came to mean that office or term of office. Related words include major and mayor.
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