revoir
再び会う / 再会する
解説 Definition
フランス語で「再び会う」の意。「au revoir（さようなら）」の一部として使われる。
Revoir is a French verb meaning “to see again” or “to meet again.” In English contexts it is encountered chiefly as part of the borrowed French farewell au revoir, literally expressing the expectation of seeing someone again.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
revoir はフランス語で re-「再び」＋ voir「見る」、つまり「再び会う」。英語では単独の動詞として普通は使わず、借用された別れの挨拶 au revoir「また会うまで」の中で目にする。英語 review「見直す」と形は似るが、実際の会話では goodbye の代わりとなるフランス語表現として覚える。
Divide the French word into re-, “again,” and voir, “to see.” The literal idea is therefore “to see again,” which makes au revoir easy to remember as a farewell looking forward to another meeting. English speakers generally use the complete borrowed phrase au revoir; revoir alone is not a normal English verb for remembering or revisiting past experiences. Although review also contains elements historically connected with “seeing again,” its present English uses are different. Picture someone leaving while saying “until we see each other again,” and keep the word in that farewell setting.
例文
She said 'revoir' to her old friends as she left the town.
町を出ていく時、彼女は古い友人たちに別れを告げた。
The memory made him revoir his university days.
その記憶は彼に大学時代を思い出させた。
Seeing the old photos made her revoir happier times.
古い写真を見ることで、彼女はより幸せな時間を思い出した。
revoir の類義語・関連語
revoir の語源・成り立ち Etymology
フランス語 revoir（再び会う）が語源。re-（再び）+ voir（見る）の組み合わせ。voir はラテン語 videre（見る）に由来する。別れの挨拶 au revoir（また会うまで）で広く知られる。関連語: review（見直す）、vision（視覚）。
French revoir is formed from re-, “again,” and voir, “to see.” Voir developed from Latin vidēre, also meaning “to see,” which lies behind numerous vision-related words in English. The French expression au revoir literally conveys the idea of seeing one another again and entered English as a borrowed farewell. Revoir by itself remains French rather than an established ordinary English verb, so its familiar English context is the complete phrase au revoir.
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