テーブル
解説 Definition
tables は「テーブル」「表」という意味です。table（テーブル、表）の複数形で、家具としてのテーブルが複数ある場合や、データを整理した表が複数ある場合に使います。
Tables are multiple pieces of furniture with flat tops supported by legs or other structures. The plural can also refer to two or more arrangements of facts or numbers organized in rows and columns, especially in reports.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
tables は table の規則的な複数形で、-s を付け table → tables、発音は /ˈteɪbəlz/ と語末が /z/ になる。three tables や clean the tables なら家具、tables of data や the report includes tables なら行と列で整理した「表」。平らな板という共通像で二義を結ぶ。
Tables is the plural of table: simply add -s, pronounced /z/ after the final voiced sound. Keep two common pictures in mind. In a room or restaurant, tables are pieces of furniture, as in three tables or clean the tables. In a report, tables organize data into rows and columns, as in several tables of data. Both senses connect historically to a flat board or surface. The surrounding words make the intended meaning clear: room, lunch, and clean suggest furniture, while report, data, rows, and columns suggest organized information.
例文
There are three tables in the room.
その部屋にはテーブルが3つあります。
Please clean the tables after lunch.
昼食のあとでテーブルを拭いてください。
The report includes several tables of data.
その報告書にはデータの表がいくつか含まれています。
tables の類義語・関連語
tables の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 tabula（板・平板）からフランス語を経て英語へ。元は「文字を書く板」の意味で、平らな板→食卓→表と意味が広がった。関連語: tablet（錠剤・石板）、tabulate（表にする）。「平らな板」が全ての意味の出発点。
Tables is formed from table plus the regular plural ending -s. Table came into English through Old French from Latin tabula, meaning a board, plank, writing tablet, or list. The idea of a flat board developed into the familiar piece of furniture with a level surface. Because information could be written and arranged on such a board, table also came to mean an orderly display of facts or figures in rows and columns.
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