Aprilとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• Aprill (obsolete)

語源

From 中期英語 apprile, Aprill, re-Latinised from 中期英語 aueril, from Old French avrill, from Latin Aprīlis (“of the month of the goddess Venus”), perhaps based on Etruscan 𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌖 (apru), from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē, “Venus”). Displaced native 古期英語 ēastermōnaþ (literally “Easter month”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈeɪ.pɹɪl/, /ˈeɪ.pɹəl/
• (米国発音) enPR: āʹprəl, IPA: /ˈeɪ.pɹəl/
• (Appalachians, obsolete) IPA: /ˈeɪ.pɹaɪl/
• ハイフネーション: A‧pril

固有名詞

April (plural Aprils)

1. The fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May.

   Alternative forms: Apr, Apr., APR, 4

   Synonym: Eastermonth (religious or archaic)

   Holonyms: calendar year; year

   Comeronyms: January, February, March, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

   • 1845, Robert Browning, Home-Thoughts From Abroad:

     Oh, to be in England / Now that April’s there

   • 2019 March 18, Steven Pifer, Five years after Crimea’s illegal annexation, the issue is no closer to resolution‎, The Center for International Security and Cooperation:

     The little green men were clearly professional soldiers by their bearing, carried Russian weapons, and wore Russian combat fatigues, but they had no identifying insignia. Vladimir Putin originally denied they were Russian soldiers; that April, he confirmed they were.

   • 2020 May 12, Holly Yan, “Trump says the US leads the world in testing. But it’s far behind in testing per capita, studies show”, in CNN‎:

     As of April 26, the US ranked 22nd in the number of tests performed per capita, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

2. A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English]; used since the early 20th century.
   • 1947, Hilda Laurence, Death of a Doll, page 27:

     I'm April Hooper. That sounds silly, the April part, but my mother was English and she always said there was nothing prettier than an English April.

3. A surname.

等位語

• (given name): Avril

派生語

派生した語

参考

参照

アナグラム

• Paril, prial, pilar, Plair