wetter
湿った
解説 Definition
wetter は wet（湿った、ぬれた）の比較級で、「より湿った、よりぬれた」という意味です。天気、地面、布などが別の状態より水分を多く含むことを表します。
Containing, covered with, or experiencing more water or moisture than another thing, place, period, or previous condition. Wetter is the comparative form of wet and is often followed by than or used with an implied comparison.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原級 wet に比較級 -er を付けた形です。wet は短母音＋子音字1つで終わるため、最後の t を重ねて wetter と綴り、/ˈwetər/ と発音します。wetter than this towel や wetter near the river のように、二つの布・場所・時期を比べて「水分がより多い」場面と結び付けましょう。
Wetter is the comparative form of wet. Because wet is a one-syllable adjective ending in a single consonant after a short vowel, the final t is doubled before -er: wet becomes wetter, pronounced /ˈwetər/. Picture two towels, patches of grass, climates, or seasons and compare how much moisture each has. The patterns wetter than the other towel, wetter near the river, and becoming wetter all signal a comparison. Keep it distinct from wetter as a rare noun meaning something that wets; in these examples, it is strictly the adjective meaning “more wet.”
例文
The grass is wetter near the river.
川の近くの草はより湿っています。
This towel is wetter than the one on the chair.
このタオルは椅子の上のものよりぬれています。
The weather became wetter as we moved north.
北へ進むにつれて、天気はより湿っぽくなりました。
wetter の類義語・関連語
wetter の語源・成り立ち Etymology
wetter は wet「ぬれた」の比較級で、語尾 -er が「より…」を表すため、「もっと湿った」という意味になります。wet は古英語 wæt に由来する古いゲルマン語で、関連語に wetness、water を見ると湿りの感覚がつかみやすいです。
Wetter is formed from wet and the comparative suffix -er. English spelling doubles the final t because wet is a stressed one-syllable word with a short vowel followed by one consonant. Wet descends from Old English wæt and has cognates in other Germanic languages. The suffix -er is the inherited English marker used with many short adjectives to express a greater degree of the quality.
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