paneling
羽目板
解説 Definition
paneling は panel（板を張る）の動名詞としても使われますが、名詞では壁や天井に張る羽目板を指します。建物の内装や装飾を説明するときによく使われます。
Paneling is a covering or decorative finish made of panels attached to an interior wall, ceiling, or similar surface. It commonly consists of wood or a woodlike material and is usually treated as an uncountable noun.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
paneling は panel「区画板・板を張る」に -ing を付けた形ですが、この例文では動作でなく、壁や天井を覆う「羽目板・板張り」を表す集合的な名詞です。dark wooden paneling、replace the old paneling のように、通常は枚数を数えず内装材全体として使う点を覚えます。
Connect paneling with panel, a flat section used as part of a larger surface. Although paneling can describe the activity of fitting panels, in these examples it is a noun for the finished wall or ceiling covering. Picture a room with dark wooden paneling or a hallway whose old paneling is being replaced. Treat it as a material or collective covering, so English normally says some paneling or wooden paneling, not individual “panelings.” If you need to count the separate pieces, use panels. This contrast helps keep the material sense clear.
例文
The room has dark wooden paneling.
その部屋には濃い色の木の羽目板があります。
They replaced the old paneling in the hallway.
彼らは廊下の古い羽目板を取り替えました。
Light-colored paneling made the small office feel more open.
明るい色の羽目板のおかげで、小さな事務所がより広く感じられました。
paneling の類義語・関連語
派生語
paneling の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古フランス語 panel（布の一片）の縮小辞で、ラテン語 pannus（布切れ）に遡る。元は布の一区画を指し、壁の区画板→羽目板へと意味が発展した。pane（窓ガラス）も同根で「一枚の区画」という共通概念を持つ。
Paneling is formed from panel and the suffix -ing. Panel entered English through Old French panel, a word for a piece or section, ultimately associated with Latin pannus, “cloth” or “piece of cloth.” Its meaning developed from a distinct section to a framed or flat section of a wall and then to the boards used as a surface covering. In the noun paneling, the word may refer collectively to those panels or to the work of installing them.
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