パイナップル
解説 Definition
パイナップルという意味です。英語の pineapple は果物そのものや、切ったパイナップルの実を指します。日本語の「パイナップル」とほぼ同じ意味で使えます。
A pineapple is a large tropical fruit with rough, patterned skin, a crown of stiff leaves, and sweet yellow flesh. Pineapple can also refer to the flesh of this fruit when it is prepared or used as food.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
pineapple は pine「松」＋ apple「果実」からできた複合語です。表面が pine cone「松ぼっくり」に似る果物、と分解すると綴りも意味も覚えやすくなります。英語では果物全体には a pineapple、食材としての果肉には無冠詞の pineapple を使うことが多く、sweet pineapple も定番です。
Break pineapple into pine and apple. Early English apple could refer broadly to fruit, and the new tropical fruit was named for its resemblance to a pine cone. Picture its rough, diamond-patterned surface as a large pine cone with sweet yellow fruit inside. This makes both the spelling and meaning transparent. Use a pineapple when referring to one whole fruit, as in This pineapple is sweet. Use pineapple without an article when speaking of the fruit as food, as in I like pineapple or She added pineapple to the bowl. The compound is now written as one word.
例文
I like pineapple.
私はパイナップルが好きです。
This pineapple is sweet.
このパイナップルは甘いです。
She put pineapple in the bowl.
彼女はボウルにパイナップルを入れました。
pineapple の語源・成り立ち Etymology
pine（松）とapple（果実）の複合語。16世紀の英国人が松ぼっくりに似た外見からpine appleと名付けた。pineはラテン語pinus、appleは古英語æppelに由来。関連語：pine（松）、apple（りんご）。見た目の類似から名付けられた典型例である。
Pineapple is a compound of pine and apple. English speakers applied the name to the tropical fruit in the early modern period because its rough exterior resembled a pine cone. At that time, apple could be used more broadly for various fruits, not only the modern apple. Pine ultimately comes from Latin pinus, while apple descends from Old English æppel. The name is therefore a straightforward description based on the fruit’s appearance.
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