ピクショナリー（お絵かきゲーム）
解説 Definition
描いた絵をヒントに、仲間が単語や語句を当てるボードゲームです。商標名で、通常 Pictionary と表記します。
A trademarked drawing-and-guessing game in which one player sketches clues for a word or phrase while teammates try to identify the answer within a limited time. The name is normally capitalized as Pictionary.
使い方 Usage
使い分け Common distinctions
- Pictionary は特定のゲームの商標名です。似たお絵かき当てゲーム全体の一般名とは区別します。 Pictionary is the trademarked name of a particular game. Distinguish it from a general term for similar drawing-and-guessing games.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
picture「絵」＋ dictionary「辞書」を合わせた名前です。「絵で単語を伝えるゲーム」と、名前の構成を結び付けて覚えましょう。
The name blends picture and dictionary. Remember the game by connecting that blend with its central activity: communicating a word through a drawing.
例文
We played Pictionary at the family reunion and laughed a lot.
私たちは家族の集まりでピクショナリーをして、たくさん笑いました。
The kids asked for another round of Pictionary after dinner.
夕食のあと、子どもたちはピクショナリーをもう一回したいと言いました。
pictionary の類義語・関連語
類義語
pictionary の語源・成り立ち Etymology
picture（絵）と dictionary（辞書）の混成語。picture はラテン語 pictura（絵画）、動詞 pingere（描く）に由来。絵で言葉を当てるゲームなので「絵の辞書」という造語。関連語に pictorial（絵の）、depict（描写する）。
Pictionary is a blend of picture and dictionary, coined as the name of the commercial drawing-and-guessing game. Picture ultimately comes through Latin pictura, “painting,” from pingere, “to paint,” while dictionary derives from Medieval Latin dictionarium, a collection of words or expressions. Combining the two suggests a “picture dictionary”: words are represented through drawings for other players to identify. In standard use, the trademarked name is capitalized.
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