taller
背が高い
解説 Definition
taller は tall（背が高い）の比較級で、「より背が高い」という意味です。二人や二つ以上の高さを比べるときに使い、than と一緒に用いられることがよくあります。
Taller is the comparative form of “tall.” It describes a person or object whose vertical height is greater than that of another person or object, often in a construction with “than.”
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
短い形容詞 tall に比較級の -er を付けた形で、同じ子音を重ねず taller と綴り、「より背が高い・より高い」を表します。人だけでなく tree や building にも使え、taller than A が基本形です。二者を比べる taller と、三者以上で最も高い tallest を対にして覚えましょう。
Build taller directly from the short adjective tall plus the comparative suffix -er. No extra consonant is added: tall becomes taller. Use it whenever two heights are compared, whether the subject is a person, tree, building, or other upright object. The most useful pattern is “A is taller than B.” Also notice that “She looks taller” expresses an apparent comparison even when the comparison point is understood rather than stated. Keep the three-degree sequence together in memory: tall for the basic quality, taller for a comparison, and tallest for the greatest height in a group.
例文
My brother is taller than me.
私の兄は私より背が高いです。
This tree is taller than the house.
この木はその家より高いです。
She looks taller in those shoes.
彼女はその靴を履くと背が高く見えます。
taller の類義語・関連語
taller の語源・成り立ち Etymology
taller は tall に比較級の接尾辞 -er が付いた形で、「より背が高い」を表します。tall は中英語 tal を経て古英語 getæl 系のゲルマン語にさかのぼり、もとは「立派な・勇敢な」。その見栄えのよさが高さの意味へ移り、関連語に tallest、tallness があります。
Taller is formed within English by adding the comparative suffix -er to tall. Tall was present in Middle English as tal and originally carried senses such as handsome, fine, brave, or proper before its modern association with great vertical height became dominant. The suffix -er marks a greater degree of a short adjective, so taller literally means having more height than a comparison point.
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