einsteinとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: (more common) īn′stīn′, (less common) īn′shtīn′

  The less common variant is closer to the German source.

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, New Zealand, Scotland) IPA: (more common) /ˈaɪnˌstaɪn/, (less common) /ˈaɪnˌʃtaɪn/

• (General Australian) IPA: (more common) /ˈɑenˌstɑen/, (less common) /ˈɑenˌʃtɑen/
• (India) IPA: (more common) /ˈajnˌsʈajn/, (less common) /ˈajnˌʃʈajn/
• 韻: -aɪn
• ハイフネーション: Ein‧stein

固有名詞

Einstein (plural Einsteins)

1. Albert Einstein, the world-famous 20th-century theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity.
   • 1919 November 10, “LIGHTS ALL ASKEW IN THE HEAVENS”, in New York Times‎:

     Men of Science More or Less Agog Over Results of Eclipse Observations.
     EINSTEIN THEORY TRIUMPHS
     Stars Not Where They Seemed or Were Calculated to be, but Nobody Need Worry.
     A BOOK FOR 12 WISE MEN
     No More in All the World Could Comprehend it, Said Einstein When His Daring Publishers Accepted it.

   • 1977, James Taylor, “Secret O' Life”, in JT, Columbia Records:

     Einstein said he could never understand it all / Planets spinning through space

   • 1993, Steve Martin, Picasso at the Lapin Agile:

     Gaston: Picasso, Einstein, Schmendiman. Somehow it doesn't have a ring.

   • 1996 December, Gary Andrew Poole, “Qua”, in Wired‎, →ISSN:

     We're sitting in a coffee shop in Sunnyvale, California. It's late. I've had a few beers, and my dinner date has downed a few plum wines. I peer deep into his eyes, trying to figure out why so many people throughout the high tech universe think Henry Massalin could be the Einstein of our time.

   • 2000 January 22, Listener Limerick Challenge: Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!, spoken by Carl Kasell, via National Public Radio:

     If Einstein, my dear / Were a toll booth cashier / I imagine he too would be [bored]

2. A surname from German.

派生語

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Einstein is the 34390 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 659 individuals. Einstein is most common among White (94.54%) individuals.

名詞

Einstein (plural Einsteins)

1. (sometimes sarcastic) An extremely clever or intelligent person.

   Synonyms: Albert Einstein; see also Thesaurus:know-it-all

   Can you believe he's just a kindergartener? It looks like they've got an Einstein in the family.

   Good job, Einstein, thinking you could grab the wires with your pliers.

アナグラム

• Nineties, nineties