honeymoonとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈhʌn.iˌmuːn/

名詞

honeymoon (plural honeymoons)

1. The period of time immediately following a marriage.
   • 1908 June, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, “Chapter XXII: A New Departure in Flavorings”, in Anne of Green Gables, Boston, Mass.: L[ouis] C[oues] Page & Company, →OCLC:

     The new minister and his wife were a young, pleasant-faced couple, still on their honeymoon, and full of all good and beautiful enthusiasms for their chosen lifework.

2. A trip taken by a newly married couple during this period.

   Synonym: wedding journey

   We went to Greece for our honeymoon.

   • 1923, Robert Ervin Howard, Unhand Me, Villain: A Romance:

     I will say, 'Sir, I am going to marry your daughter. Be silent, sir! I have decided to do this and I will not be balked by a gouty old father-in-law. I want you to understand that from now on I am the master of this house. You may write out a check for ten thousand dollars for our honeymoon.'

3. (by extension) A period of goodwill at the beginning of a new term or relationship (e.g. towards a newly elected politician or in respect of a new business arrangement).

   Now that the honeymoon is over, it’s time for us to get down to the business at hand.

   The honeymoon period came to a swift end when the legislation was introduced.

   • 1919, John Reed, Ten Days That Shook the World:

     But the “honeymoon” was short. The propertied classes wanted merely a political revolution, which would take the power from the Tsar and give it to them. They wanted Russia to be a constitutional Republic, like France or the United States; or a constitutional Monarchy, like England. On the other hand, the masses of the people wanted real industrial and agrarian democracy.

   • 1977 January 12, Gerald Ford, Ford's farewell address:

     It was here, surrounded by such friends, that the distinguished Chief Justice swore me in as Vice President on December 6, 1973. It was here I returned 8 months later as your President to ask not for a honeymoon, but for a good marriage.

   • 2024 September 21, Michael Savage, “Honeymoon over: Keir Starmer now less popular than Rishi Sunak”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     It suggests any honeymoon for the new government is over, with falls in approval ratings across the board for the senior figures in the cabinet.

使用する際の注意点

• Not to be confused with honey moon.

派生語

派生した語

• → Chinese: 蜜月 (mìyuè) (calque)
• → French: lune de miel (calque)
  • → German: Honigmond (calque)
  • → Turkish: balayı (calque)
• → Japanese: 蜜月 (calque)
• → Malayalam: മധുവിധു (madhuvidhu) (calque)
• → Spanish: luna de miel (calque)
• → Tamil: தேனிலவு (tēṉilavu) (calque)
• → Welsh: mis mêl (calque)

動詞

honeymoon (third-person singular simple present honeymoons, present participle honeymooning, simple past and past participle honeymooned)

1. To have a honeymoon (a trip taken by a couple after wedding).

   My parents honeymooned at Niagara falls.

   • 1916, Jack London, chapter XVIII, in The Little Lady of the Big House:

     No sooner were they married than Dick fitted out his schooner, the All Away, and away the blessed pair of them went, honeymooning from Bordeaux to Hongkong.

派生語

• honeymooner
• honeymoon period
• honeymoon rhinitis

参考

• babymoon
• familymoon

使用する際の注意点

• Not to be confused with honeymoon.