paul
ポール
解説 Definition
英語圏の男性名。キリスト教の使徒パウロに由来する。
Paul is a common masculine given name in English-speaking and Christian communities. It identifies a particular person and is especially associated historically with Paul the Apostle in the New Testament.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
人名では Paul と頭文字を大文字にし、英語圏の男性名として使います。ラテン語 Paulus「小さい」に由来し、使徒パウロの英語名として広まりました。意味を「小さい」と訳す語ではなく、Paul is a doctor、with Paul のように特定の人物を示す固有名詞として覚えましょう。発音は「ポール」に近い1音節です。
Remember Paul as a personal name, normally written with a capital P, not as a common noun meaning “small.” Its historical source, Latin Paulus, did carry the sense “small” or “humble,” and the name became widely familiar through Paul the Apostle. In present-day English, simply use it to identify a man: Paul is a doctor, I spoke with Paul, or Paul enjoys reading. It is pronounced as one syllable, approximately like “pawl,” so do not divide it into two syllables based on its four letters.
例文
Paul is a doctor at the local hospital.
ポールは地元の病院の医者です。
I had lunch with Paul yesterday.
昨日ポールと昼食を食べました。
Paul enjoys reading books in his free time.
ポールは自由時間に読書を楽しんでいます。
paul の類義語・関連語
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paul の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語の男性名 Paulus（小さい）が語源。ギリシャ語 Paulos を経て英語に定着した。新約聖書の使徒パウロ（Paul）で広まり、西洋で最も一般的な男性名の一つとなった。
This idiom combines all, from Old English eall, and way, from Old English weg, meaning a road or path. The original image is of covering the whole road from start to finish. That physical sense later widened into the figurative meaning "completely" or "until the end." Way is related to German Weg and appears in other English expressions such as always and in a way.
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