mannequinとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from French mannequin, derived from Old French [Term?] (“little man, figurine”), derived from Middle Dutch mannekijn (“little man”) (see English manikin), diminutive of man (“man”). By surface analysis, man +‎ -kin. Compare ramequin/ramekin. Doublet of manakin and manikin.

発音

• enPR: măn′ĭ-kĭn
• (contemporary Received Pronunciation, Scotland, India) IPA: /ˈman.ɪ.kɪn/
• (conservative Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, General Australian) IPA: /ˈmæn.ɪ.kɪn/
• (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈmɛn.ə.kən/

• 韻: -ænɪkɪn
• 異形同音異義語: manakin, manikin
• ハイフネーション: man‧ne‧quin

名詞

mannequin (plural mannequins)

1. A dummy, or life-size model of the human body, used for the fitting or displaying of clothes.
   • 2011 April 13, Eric Wilson, “A Mannequin in Every Sense”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     At the same time, Mr. Bolton was intrigued by Mr. Sundsbo’s proposal to make models look like mannequins because it spoke to the blurring of boundaries — between good and evil, angels and demons, nature and technology, permanence and decay — that was a consistent theme of the McQueen collections.

   • 2013 August 16, Barbara Brownie, “Mangled mannequins – what happened to shop-window dummies?”, in The Guardian‎:

     There was a time when a mannequin was the sculptural equivalent of fashion model. Like a fashion model, the mannequin was intended to reflect our social, professional and aesthetic aspirations.

   • 2020 May 14, Lauren Aratani, “Model companions: restaurant solves social distancing dilemma with mannequins”, in The Guardian‎:

     With the idea that guests may feel lonely eating at a restaurant that can only reach 50% capacity […] the restaurant will be placing mannequins throughout its dining rooms.

2. A jointed model of the human body used by artists, especially to demonstrate the arrangement of drapery.
3. An anatomical model of the human body for use in teaching of e.g. CPR.
4. (dated) A person who models clothes.

   Synonym: fashion model

   • 1928, Agatha Christie, The Mystery of the Blue Train:

     She screamed out direction to various mannequins. "Clothilde, Virginie, quickly, my little ones, the little tailleur gris clair and the robe de soirée ‘soupir d'automne.’ Marcelle, my child, the little mimosa suit of crêpe de chine." It was a charming morning. Marcelle, Clothilde, Virginie, bored and scornful, passed slowly round, squirming and wriggling in the time-honoured fashion of mannequins.

   • 1951, Denise Robins, Heart of Paris, Ulverscroft, →ISBN, page 14:

     […] all of which made a perfect neutral background for the mannequins who moved around swiftly, gracefully, exhibiting one glorious creation after another.

派生語

• mannequinlike

参考

• little man

参照

Further reading

• mannequin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “mannequin”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.