意味一覧 (2件)
画家
解説 Definition
美術作品、特に絵画を制作する職業の人。絵を描く技術を持つアーティスト。
A painter is a person whose job or art is making paintings. The word is usually used for someone who creates pictures with paint, especially on canvas, walls, or other surfaces. It often refers to an artist, but it can also mean someone who paints houses or buildings in some contexts.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
painter は paint「絵の具で描く」に、人を表す -er が付いた語として覚えます。writer, teacher, singer と同じ形で、「描く人」から美術作品を制作する「画家」になります。a famous painter, a landscape painter, an oil painter のように、作品・展覧会・画風・美術史の文脈で出てきたらこの意味です。壁を塗る職人ではなく、芸術として絵を描く人に焦点があります。
Start with paint and add -er, the common ending for a person who does something. Like writer, teacher, and singer, painter means a person who paints. In art contexts, it means an artist who creates paintings. Remember phrases like famous painter, landscape painter, and oil painter.
例文
The famous painter created masterpieces over his lifetime.
その有名な画家は彼の人生を通じて傑作を創造しました。
She hired a professional painter to create a mural for her house.
彼女は家のために壁画を描く専門の画家を雇いました。
Many young painters study in art schools to develop their skills.
多くの若い画家は技術を磨くために美術学校で学びます。
塗装工
(意味 2)解説 Definition
painter が「塗装工」を表すときは、家や建物の壁、天井、ドア、外装などに塗料を塗る職人を指す。建設現場や改修工事、住宅の手入れの文脈でよく使われ、依頼先や職名として現れやすい。芸術作品を描く「画家」とは文脈で見分ける。
When painter means a worker, it refers to a person whose job is to paint houses, buildings, walls, doors, ceilings, or other surfaces. This meaning is common in construction, renovation, and home maintenance contexts. It often appears as a job title or when people talk about hiring someone to do painting work. You can tell this meaning from the artist sense by checking whether the context is about buildings or repairs.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
paint（絵の具で塗る・描く）に「〜する人」の -er が付いた形なので、まずは「paint する人」→ painter と覚えるのが最短です。writer, teacher, singer などと同じ語形成なので、動詞＋-er で職業や役割を表す型としてまとめて押さえると定着しやすくなります。文脈では a famous painter, landscape painter のようによく使われ、artist よりも「実際に絵を描く人」を具体的に指しやすい語です。house painter だと家の塗装職人にもなるので、美術の話か建物の話かを一緒に確認すると混同しません。
Think of paint + -er: a painter is simply a person who paints. This is the same pattern as writer, teacher, and singer, so it is an easy word shape to remember. In real use, painter can mean an artist or a house painter, so always check whether the context is about art or buildings.
例文
We hired a painter to repaint the living room walls.
私たちは居間の壁を塗り直すために塗装工を頼んだ。
The painter finished the front door and the window frames before lunch.
その塗装工は昼前に玄関のドアと窓枠の塗装を終えた。
A skilled painter can make an old house look new again.
腕のよい塗装工なら古い家をまた新しく見せられる。
painter の語源・成り立ち Etymology
painterはアングロ・フランス語peintourを経て、ラテン語pingere「彩る・描く」にさかのぼる語で、-erは「〜する人」を表します。pictureやpigmentも同系で、「色を置いて形を見せる人」だから画家という意味になります。
"Painter" came into English through Anglo-French "peintour," from Latin "pingere," meaning "to paint" or "to color." The ending "-er" means "a person who does something." Related words like "picture" and "pigment" come from the same Latin root and keep the idea of adding color or making an image.
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