Polderとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Dutch polder, from Middle Dutch polre, from Old Dutch polra, of uncertain origin.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈpəʊldə/, /ˈpɒldə/
• ハイフネーション: pol‧der
• 韻: -əʊldə(ɹ)

名詞

polder (plural polders)

1. (geography) An area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes. [from 17th c.]
   • 1999, Geert Mak, translated by Philipp Blom, Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City, Vintage, published 2001, page 43:

     The patron saint of the Oude Kerk, Saint Nicolaas, the ‘water saint’, was also very popular, as he protected the sailors and those living on the polders from the dangers of the sea.

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動詞

polder (third-person singular simple present polders, present participle poldering, simple past and past participle poldered)

1. To reclaim an area of ground from a sea or lake by means of dikes.

関連する語

• polder model