reservations
予約
解説 Definition
reservations は reservation（予約）の複数形で、ホテル、レストラン、交通機関などの予約を指します。複数の予約や、予約全般について話すときに使われます。
Arrangements made in advance to keep seats, rooms, tables, or services available for particular people or times. This plural form refers to two or more bookings or collectively to the bookings managed by a business.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
単数形 reservation「予約」に複数語尾 -s が付いた形で、語末の /n/ の後なので -s は /z/ と発音します。「後で使うため席や部屋を取っておく」という reserve の感覚を核に、make reservations「予約する」、check reservations「予約を確認する」の組み合わせで覚えましょう。
Reservations is the plural of reservation, with the final -s pronounced /z/ after the /n/ sound. Link it to reserve, meaning to keep something available for later use. A restaurant holds tables, a hotel holds rooms, and a transport company holds seats for named customers. Learn the common phrase make reservations for dinner, as well as check or manage reservations. The plural may mean several individual bookings or all the bookings handled by a business. In other contexts, reservations can mean doubts, but the examples here strictly use the advance-booking sense.
例文
We made reservations for dinner.
私たちは夕食の予約をしました。
The hotel keeps all reservations online.
そのホテルはすべての予約をオンラインで管理しています。
Please check the reservations before the guests arrive.
お客様が到着する前に予約を確認してください。
reservations の類義語・関連語
reservations の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 reservare（re-「後に」+ servare「保つ」）が語源。「後のために取っておく」が原義で、席や部屋を確保する「予約」の意味に発展した。関連語: preserve（保存する）、conserve（保全する）。
Reservations is the plural form of reservation. Reservation derives from reserve, ultimately from Latin reservare, formed from re- and servare, “to keep or preserve.” Its underlying sense is keeping something back for later. This developed naturally into the practice of setting aside a room, seat, table, or service for future use. The plural suffix -s marks multiple bookings or a collective set of booking arrangements.
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