suiting
スーツ
解説 Definition
suiting は suit（合う、適する、またはスーツ）の現在分詞・動名詞にあたる形です。名詞では、スーツに使う生地やスーツ地という意味で使われます。
Suiting is cloth designed or considered suitable for making suits, jackets, trousers, or similar tailored garments. It is often described by its weight, color, fiber, or quality, as in lightweight wool suiting.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
名詞 suiting は suit に -ing を付けた形で、ここでは動作ではなく「スーツを仕立てるための生地」を表します。fine suiting、dark suiting、lightweight suiting のように品質・色・重さを示す語と組み合わせ、完成品の suit と材料の suiting を区別しましょう。
Connect suiting directly with suit plus -ing, but remember that in this noun use it names the material, not the finished clothes or the action of fitting someone. Picture a tailor examining rolls of fine, dark, or lightweight suiting before cutting a jacket. Common combinations such as wool suiting, summer suiting, and fine suiting reinforce the idea of fabric selected for tailored garments. A suit is what someone wears; suiting is what the tailor may use to make it.
例文
This shop sells fine suiting for formal jackets.
この店ではフォーマルな上着用の上質なスーツ地を売っています。
The tailor chose dark suiting for the winter collection.
仕立て屋は冬のコレクションに濃い色のスーツ地を選びました。
Lightweight suiting is useful in warm offices.
軽いスーツ地は暖かいオフィスで役に立ちます。
suiting の類義語・関連語
suiting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
suiting は suit＋-ing。suit は古フランス語 suite、さらにラテン語 sequi「従う」にさかのぼり、もとは「一続きのもの・そろい」を表しました。そこから『スーツ用のそろい布地』という名詞になり、関連語は suite, suitable です。
Suiting was formed in English from suit and the noun-forming ending -ing. Suit entered English through Old French suite, meaning a sequence, following, or set, and ultimately derives from Latin sequi, “to follow.” The sense of a coordinated set developed into the clothing noun suit, while suiting came to denote material intended for making such coordinated garments.
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