ted
テッド
解説 Definition
英語圏で一般的な男性名で、Edwardの愛称のひとつです。親しみやすく、日常会話やフィクションの登場人物にもよく登場します。名前として使われる際には、温かみや信頼感を感じさせる印象があります。
A common male given name or familiar nickname, especially for Edward and also for Theodore. Although the input form is lowercase, a person’s name is normally written with an initial capital: Ted.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
人名としては通常 Ted と大文字で書き、Edward の親しみを込めた短縮名として覚えます。英語には Edward → Ed → Ted のように、短縮名の頭音を替えて愛称を作った歴史があります。Teddy も関連する愛称です。ただし Ted は Theodore の愛称にもなるため、正式名は本人や文脈で確認しましょう。
Write this name as Ted with a capital T when it refers to a person. It is a familiar English nickname, often for Edward and also for Theodore. To remember its link with Edward, note the older English habit of creating rhyming or consonant-changing nicknames: shortened Ed could produce Ted, just as some other traditional names developed several familiar forms. Teddy is another related affectionate form. Because Ted can represent more than one full name, do not assume that every Ted is officially Edward; use the surrounding context or ask the person.
例文
Ted gave an inspiring speech at the company's annual meeting.
テッドは会社の年次総会で感動的なスピーチをしました。
Everyone calls him Ted, but his real name is Edward.
みんな彼をテッドと呼んでいますが、本名はエドワードです。
Ted and his wife are planning a trip to Japan next summer.
テッドと妻は来年の夏に日本旅行を計画しています。
ted の類義語・関連語
派生語
ted の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語の男性名 Eadweard（ead「富・幸福」+ weard「守護者」）の愛称 Edward から短縮された Ted。「富の守護者」が原義。関連語: Edward、Teddy。テディベアの由来となった米大統領セオドア・ルーズベルトの愛称としても有名。
Ted developed as an English familiar name, traditionally used for Edward and later also widely associated with Theodore. Edward comes from Old English Ēadweard, combining ēad, “wealth or prosperity,” with weard, “guardian.” The change from Ed to Ted reflects a historical English pattern in which short names gained a different initial consonant. Teddy is an affectionate extension. Theodore Roosevelt’s nickname Teddy also helped make that form culturally familiar through the name teddy bear.
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