phoning
電話をかける
解説 Definition
phoning は phone（電話をかける）の現在分詞・動名詞です。進行形で「電話をかけている」、または名詞的に「電話をかけること」という意味で使われます。
The present participle and gerund of “phone,” referring to the act of calling someone by telephone. It appears in continuous verb forms and in positions where the activity of making a telephone call functions as a noun.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 phone に -ing を付ける際、語末の無音の e を落として phoning となります。発音は「フォウニング」に近く、phone の母音は変わりません。be phoning なら「電話中」、try phoning や by phoning なら「電話をかけること」。call よりも電話という手段を明示する語です。
Connect phoning directly with the base verb phone. When -ing is added, the silent final e is removed: phone becomes phoning, while the vowel sound remains the same. In “She is phoning her manager,” it forms a continuous tense and describes an action in progress. In “I tried phoning the office,” it acts as a gerund naming the attempted activity. Unlike the broader verb call, phone clearly identifies the telephone as the means of communication.
例文
She is phoning her manager now.
彼女は今、上司に電話をかけています。
I tried phoning the office twice.
私は事務所に二度電話をかけてみました。
He was phoning clients all morning.
彼は午前中ずっと顧客に電話をかけていました。
phoning の類義語・関連語
phoning の語源・成り立ち Etymology
phoning は動詞 phone の ing 形で、phone は telephone の短縮形です。telephone はフランス語 téléphone を経て、ギリシャ語 tele「遠く」+ phōnē「声・音」にさかのぼるので、phoning は本来「遠くへ声を届けること」。microphone や phonetic も同じ phōnē 系です。
Phoning is the -ing form of the verb phone, created by dropping the silent final e before adding -ing. Phone developed as a shortened form of telephone. Telephone entered English through French téléphone and was formed from Greek tēle, meaning “far off,” and phōnē, meaning “voice” or “sound.” The same Greek element appears in microphone and phonetic.
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