Kempとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From 中期英語 kempe (“coarse hairs”), from 古期英語 cenep (“moustache; bit (of a bridle, bristling with points)”), from Proto-West Germanic *kanip, from Proto-Germanic *kanipaz (“beard, moustache, whiskers”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“jaw”). Related to chin.

別の表記

• camp (rare)

名詞

kemp (countable and uncountable, plural kemps)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) A coarse or bristly hair, whisker; (in the plural) knotty hairs that will not felt.
2. (dialectal or obsolete) Rough hair, wool, or fur.

語源 2

From 中期英語 kempe, campe (“shaggy, rough”).

形容詞

kemp (comparative more kemp, superlative most kemp)

1. (obsolete) Shaggy; rough.

語源 3

From 中期英語 kempen, from 古期英語 *cempan (“to do battle, fight”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampijan (“to campaign, do battle”), ultimately from Latin campus.

動詞

kemp (third-person singular simple present kemps, present participle kemping, simple past and past participle kemped)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To strive or contend in any way; strive for victory.

派生語

• kemper

名詞

kemp (plural kemps)

1. (Scotland, archaic) A contest in work, etc.

語源 4

From 中期英語 kempe, from 古期英語 cempa (“warrior, fighter, champion”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampijō (“fighter”), ultimately from Latin campus. Doublet of champion. Cognate with literary German Kämpe (“champion, fighter”), German Kempf.

名詞

kemp (plural kemps)

1. (obsolete) A champion; a knight.

関連する語

• kemper

アナグラム

• MEKP