amenとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /(ˌ)ɑːˈmɛn/, (uncommon, chiefly for strong agreement) /(ˌ)eɪˈmɛn/
• (General American) IPA: /(ˌ)ɑːˈmɛn/, /(ˌ)eɪˈmɛn/, /ˈeɪmɛn/
• Both pronunciations are used, sometimes even by the same speaker depending on the context.
• 韻: -ɛn, -eɪmɛn

間投詞

amen

1. At the end of religious prayers: so be it.
   • 1549 March 7, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, “At the Communion”, in The Booke of the Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacramentes, […], London: […] Edowardi Whitchurche […], →OCLC, folio lxxii, recto:

     As it was in the beginning, is nowe, and euerſhall be: worlde without ende. Amen.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Nehemiah 5:13, column 1:

     Alſo I ſhooke my lap, and ſaid, So God ſhake out euery man from his houſe, and from his labour, that performeth not this promiſe, euen thus be he ſhaken out, and emptied. And all the Congregation ſaid, Amen, and praiſed the Lord. And the people did according to this promiſe.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 72:18–19, column 1:

     Bleſſed be the Lord God, the God of Iſrael, who only doth wonderous things. And bleſſed be his glorious name for euer, and let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen, and Amen.

   • 1662, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, “Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea”, in The Book of Common-Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, […], London: […] John Bill, and Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC, column 2:

     For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

   • 1962, Omar Ali Saifuddien III, Proclamation of Emergency‎, page 14:

     May GOD, to Whom be praise and whose name be exalted, the King of Kings, vouchsafe His grace and may the Prophet Muhammed (on whom be the benediction and peace of GOD) grant His Blessings to this Proclamation. Amen! O Lord of the Universe!

2. (colloquial) Used to indicate emphatic agreement.
   • 1999 May, Matt Groening, “Hell Is Other Robots”, in Futurama, season 1, episode 9:

     Fry: Bender's stupid religion is driving me nuts! / Leela: Amen!

派生語

• and the church says amen
• awoman
• yes and amen

副詞

amen (not comparable)

1. (biblical) Certainly; verily.
   • 1582, English College of Rheims, transl., The New Testament of Jesus Christ‎, John 3:5, page 222:

     Iesvs anſvvered, Amen, Amen I ſay to thee, Vnles a man be borne againe of vvater and the Spirit, he can not enter into the kingdom of God.

名詞

amen (plural amens)

1. An instance of saying ‘amen’.
   • 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:

     The amens of the dusty clerk appear, like Macbeth’s, to stick in his throat a little; but Captain Cuttle helps him out, […]

   • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 12:

     [H]is `Amens' were ejected at the pulpit with the severity of a reprimand.

   • 2006, Evault Boswell, The Iron Mountain Baby:

     A chorus of amens rang out across the audience.

派生語

• amen curler

動詞

amen (third-person singular simple present amens, present participle amening, simple past and past participle amened)

1. (intransitive) To say amen.
   • 1942, Emily Carr, “Sunday”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:

     The moment Dr. Reid amened, we rushed straight out of the church off home.

   • 2015, T. M. Young, Much Given, Much Required, page xxx:

     Most of the church amened and applauded.

   • 2015, Jewelle Francis, Manifest Destiny:

     She must be thinking Reverend Hopkins is talking directly to her, because she starts amening and shouting real loud when he gets to the part in Proverbs […]

2. (transitive) To say amen to; to ratify solemnly.
   • 1984 August 11, Gail Ann Williams, “Convention Views: On The Street, In The Hall”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 5, page 3:

     spending the first half of the rally amening any mention of God or Reagan

アナグラム

• -mane, -nema, Eman, Enma, MEAN, MENA, Mena, NAmE, NEMA, NMEA, mane, mean, mnae, name, namé, neam, ñame

語源

Inherited from 古期英語 āmen, from Latin āmēn.

発音

• IPA: /aːˈmɛːn/, /aːˈmɛn/

間投詞

amen

1. amen

派生した語

• English: amen
• Scots: amen, amain
• Yola: amain

参照

• “āmē̆n, interj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈaː.meːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈaː.men]

副詞

āmēn (not comparable) (biblical, Christianity, Late Latin, Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin)

1. amen; so be it, let it be
2. amen; truly, verily

間投詞

āmēn

1. amen!

参照

• "amen", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "amen", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “amen”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 113.
• amen in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 375