potting
鉢植え
解説 Definition
potting は pot（鉢に植える）の現在分詞・動名詞で、植物を鉢に植えることや鉢植え作業を指します。園芸では potting soil（鉢植え用の土）のように名詞を修飾して使われることもあります。
Potting is the activity of placing plants in pots with suitable soil. It can also modify another noun to describe materials, equipment, or methods used for this gardening task, as in “potting soil.”
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
pot「鉢・鉢に植える」に -ing を付け、末尾の t を重ねた形です。動名詞なら「鉢に植える作業」、名詞の前では potting soil「鉢植え用土」、potting method「鉢植え方法」のように使います。「鉢へ移して育てる場面」と結び付け、単なる planting「植えること」と区別しましょう。
Connect potting directly with pot, meaning either a plant container or the act of placing a plant in one. When -ing is added, the final t is doubled: pot becomes potting. Picture transferring seedlings from a tray into individual pots. This image helps distinguish potting from the broader word planting, which may involve putting plants directly into the ground. Notice common gardening combinations such as potting soil, potting mix, potting bench, and potting method.
例文
Potting the herbs took most of the morning.
ハーブを鉢に植える作業で午前中の大半が過ぎました。
She bought potting soil for the new seedlings.
彼女は新しい苗のために鉢植え用の土を買いました。
The gardener showed us a simple potting method.
庭師は簡単な鉢植えの方法を見せてくれました。
potting の類義語・関連語
potting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 pott（鉢・壺）に動名詞接尾辞 -ing を付けた語。「鉢に入れる行為」が原義。関連語：pot（鉢）、potter（陶工）。植物を鉢に植える作業のほか、ビリヤードで球をポケットに入れる動作にも使われ、「容器に収める」が共通イメージ。
Potting is formed from pot and the suffix -ing, with the final consonant doubled according to the usual spelling rule for a short stressed vowel followed by one consonant. Pot comes from Old English pott, meaning a vessel or container. The gardening sense developed from the verb pot, “to place a plant in a pot.” Other senses, including putting a ball into a pocket in cue sports, share the idea of putting something into a receptacle.
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