occasionalとは意味・読み方・使い方

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語源

From 中期英語 occasyonal, from Medieval Latin occāsiōnālis and Old French ocasionel. By surface analysis, occasion +‎ -al.

発音

IPA: /əˈkeɪʒ(ə)nəl/
ハイフネーション: oc‧ca‧sion‧al

形容詞

occasional (comparative more occasional, superlative most occasional)

Occurring or appearing irregularly from time to time, but not often; incidental.

He was mostly solitary, but enjoyed the occasional visitor.

He took an occasional glass of wine.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, “Ebbfield Interlude”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 95:
  
  The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.
- 2003 April 17, Blake Gopnik, “Art That Advertises Itself; Saatchi's Ornate New Gallery Pits Young British Artists Against the Establishment”, in Washington Post:
  
  But the truth is that plenty of artists from other countries make work that's bold, naughty or nasty, without getting more than a very occasional headline.
Created for a specific occasion.

Elgar 's music was not created to be occasional music for high-school graduations.
Intended for use as the occasion requires.

What your living room needs are some occasional chairs.
Acting in the indicated role from time to time.

He is an occasional writer of letters to the editor.

派生語

occasional bookcase
occasional furniture
occasionalism
occasionalist
occasionality
occasionally
occasionalness
occasional table
semioccasional
unoccasional

名詞

occasional (plural occasionals)

A person who does something only occasionally.

参照

“occasional”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “occasional”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

^ “occāsiọ̄nāl, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

[1] “occāsiọ̄nāl, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

印欧語根
epi	近くに、「…で」「…に向かって」の意味を表す印欧語根。接頭辞 epi-（epilogue, episodeなど）、接頭辞 ob-（object, occurなど）に派生。
kad-	落ちたり崩れることを表す。
wer-	回すこと、向くこと、曲げることを表す印欧語根。接尾辞-ward（forward, waywardなど、注※）の由来として「…の方へ」「…を指して」の意。他の重要な派生語は、接頭辞 ob-（object, obtain, offerなど）の単語、語幹 vert（convert, divertなど）の単語、warp, worry, worthなど。注※：award, rewardなどは別の語根。


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