scullion
台所の下働き
解説 Definition
台所での最も低い地位の下働き。食器洗いなど単純な調理関連の仕事に従事する者。
A scullion is a servant or worker who does the lowest and dirtiest jobs in a kitchen. The word is old-fashioned and is mainly found in historical writing or stories set in the past. It suggests very low status and hard physical work.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず cook や chef ではなく、そのさらに下で皿洗い・掃除をする人だと位置づけて覚える。scullery が「洗い場・台所の裏作業場」なので、scullion はその場所で働く人、と結びつけると残りやすい。料理を作る人より kitchen の裏方で、wash dishes, scrub pans の場面が似合う語。古風で身分の低さを含むため、単なる kitchen worker より「下働き」感が強い。sculler（ボートをこぐ人）と混同しないこと。
Connect it with `scullery`, the back kitchen area for washing and dirty work. A `scullion` is the person working in that low-level kitchen role, doing jobs like washing dishes or scrubbing pans. It sounds old-fashioned, so it is stronger than a simple `kitchen worker`.
例文
The scullion worked in the kitchen all day.
台所の下働きは一日中働いていた。
Scullions had the lowest status in the kitchen.
台所の下働きたちは厨房での最も低い地位を占めていた。
Even scullions received meals for their work.
下働きでさえ、彼らの仕事の対価として食事を受け取った。
scullion の類義語・関連語
scullion の語源・成り立ち Etymology
scullionは英仏語sculierや古フランス語系の語に由来するとされ、語源には異説があります。もともと食器や掃除道具に関わる台所語群と結びつき、皿洗いや掃除など厨房の雑務をする下働きの意味になりました。
"Scullion" came into English from Anglo-French or Old French forms such as "sculier," though its exact history is uncertain. It seems to belong to a group of kitchen words connected with dishes, cleaning, and kitchen work. From that background, it came to mean a low-ranking kitchen servant who did rough jobs like washing and scrubbing.
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