rosemary
ローズマリー
解説 Definition
Rosemary はローズマリーというハーブの名前です。料理の香りづけや香料に使われる植物を指し、英語では通常小文字で書かれます。
Rosemary is an aromatic evergreen herb with narrow leaves, used to flavor foods and in fragrances or traditional preparations. The plant grows especially well in warm, sunny conditions and is normally written with a lowercase initial when used as a common noun.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
料理で肉・スープ・パンに香りを添える細い葉のハーブを思い浮かべ、add rosemary to soup、rosemary bread の形で覚えます。綴りは rose+Mary に見えますが、語源はラテン語 ros marinus「海の露」で、バラや人名 Mary とは無関係です。植物名は通常 rosemary と小文字で書きます。
Picture the strong, fresh-smelling herb used with roasted food, soup, or bread. Learn it in combinations such as “add rosemary,” “rosemary bread,” and “the smell of rosemary.” The spelling may look like “rose” plus the name “Mary,” but that division is historically misleading: the word is associated with Latin “ros marinus,” traditionally understood as “dew of the sea.” This helps connect the herb with its Mediterranean habitat. As the name of a plant or seasoning, “rosemary” normally begins with a lowercase letter, though “Rosemary” can also be a person’s name.
例文
I added Rosemary to the soup.
私はスープにローズマリーを加えました。
Rosemary grows well in a sunny garden.
ローズマリーは日当たりのよい庭でよく育ちます。
The bread had a light Rosemary smell.
そのパンにはほのかなローズマリーの香りがありました。
rosemary の類義語・関連語
rosemary の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 ros marinus(海のしずく)が語源。ros(露)+ marinus(海の)の合成語で、海辺に自生することから名づけられた。英語では rose+Mary と誤解されやすいが薔薇ともマリアとも無関係。関連語:marine(海の)、maritime(海事の)。
English “rosemary” comes through earlier French and Latin forms associated with Latin “ros marinus,” traditionally interpreted as “dew of the sea.” “Ros” means dew, and “marinus” means of the sea, probably referring to the plant’s growth near Mediterranean coasts. Despite its modern spelling, the herb’s name was not originally formed from English “rose” and the personal name “Mary.”
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