幼稚園
解説 Definition
小学校入学前の幼児が通う教育施設。幼稚園や保育園のこと。
Preschools are schools or programs for very young children before they begin elementary or primary school. They focus on early learning, play, and basic social skills. The word is commonly used in education and child care.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
pre- は preview, prepare などと同じく「前もって」、school はそのまま「学校」。なので preschool は「学校に入る前の段階の学びの場」と分解すると覚えやすいです。preschool education, preschool children のように「就学前」の意味で広く使われ、kindergarten よりも前段階全体を指す感覚で捉えると整理しやすくなります。今回の preschools は複数形なので、「複数の幼児教育施設」という形も一緒に確認すると定着します。
`Pre-` means "before," and `school` is clear, so `preschool` is the stage before regular school. That word-building pattern makes it easy to remember. In plural, `preschools` simply means several such schools or centers.
例文
Many preschools in the area offer bilingual education programs for young children.
この地域の多くの幼稚園は幼児向けのバイリンガル教育プログラムを提供している。
The government plans to build more preschools in underserved communities.
政府はサービスが行き届いていない地域により多くの幼稚園を建設する計画だ。
Quality preschools can significantly improve a child's readiness for elementary school.
質の高い幼稚園は子どもの小学校への準備を大幅に向上させることができる。
preschools の類義語・関連語
preschools の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語prae（前に）+ ギリシャ語scholē（暇・学び）が語源。pre-は「～の前」を意味し「就学前の学校」が原義。関連語: prescribe（事前に書く→処方する）、scholar。接頭辞pre-で段階が明確にわかる構造。
Preschools is built from pre-, from Latin prae meaning "before," and school, which comes through Greek skole, originally meaning "leisure" and later "study" or "school." The structure first meant a stage or institution before regular school. That makes the idea of sequence very clear in the word itself. Related words include scholar and prescribe, which also contains pre-.
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