千年
解説 Definition
millennia は millennium（千年、千年期）の複数形です。非常に長い期間や、複数の千年単位の時代を表すときに使われます。
Millennia is the plural form of millennium and refers to periods of one thousand years or to several such periods. It is often used more loosely to emphasize that something has existed or developed for an extremely long time.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
millennia は millennium「千年・千年期」のラテン語式複数形で、語尾 -um を -a に替えます。発音も単数末尾の /əm/ に対し、複数は /ə/ で終わります。mille「千」＋年を表す要素を、annual や anniversary の ann と結び付け、「千年が複数」と覚えましょう。for millennia が典型表現です。
Millennia is the traditional Latin-style plural of millennium. Instead of adding ordinary plural -s, replace the final -um with -a: one millennium, two or more millennia. The singular ends with an /əm/ sound, while the plural ends with /ə/. Link milli- with “thousand” and the ann element with year-related words such as annual and anniversary. The common phrase “for millennia” means “for thousands of years” and often describes ancient stones, routes, customs, or gradual historical change.
例文
These stones have stood here for millennia.
これらの石は何千年もの間ここに立っています。
The region has changed over several millennia.
その地域は数千年にわたって変化してきました。
People have used this route for millennia.
人々はこの道を何千年もの間使ってきました。
millennia の類義語・関連語
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millennia の語源・成り立ち Etymology
millennia は millennium のラテン語複数形で、語源は mille「千」+ annus「年」です。千年をひとまとまりで数える語で、annual や anniversary と annus が同根なので、「年が千集まった長い時間」という意味がすっと入ります。
Millennia is the Latin plural form of millennium. Millennium was created from Latin mille, meaning “thousand,” and annus, meaning “year,” with the sense of a thousand-year period. The element related to annus also appears in English annual and anniversary. English retains the Latin-style change from singular -um to plural -a, although millenniums is also an established English plural in some contexts.
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