wardとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (unstressed)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /wəd/
  • (General American) IPA: /wɚd/
• (stressed, in the word "toward" only)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /wɔːd/
  • (General American) IPA: /wɔɹd/

接尾辞

-ward

1. Forming adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward, as in "backward", "toward", "forward", etc.
2. Forming adjectives, as in "a backward look", "the northward road", etc; used even by speakers who usually use -wards for adverbs.

使用する際の注意点

• The choice between -ward and -wards is individual or dialectal; both are widely used with adverbs, though -ward is heavily favoured for adjectives.
• Adverbs ending in -wards (Anglo-Saxon -weardes) and some other adverbs, such as besides, betimes, since Old English sithens, etc., originated as genitive forms used adverbially.
• The adjectives toward (initial stress) and forward have meanings not predictable from the meaning of -ward.
• Awkward has retained the form but lost much of the sense in its use of this suffix.

派生語

アナグラム

• draw

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /wɔːd/
• (General American) IPA: /wɔɹd/
• 韻: -ɔː(ɹ)d

語源 1

• As an English surname, from the noun ward and related cognates such as warden, guard etc.
• As an Irish surname, reduced from McWard, from mac an bard (“son of the poet”).
• As a Jewish surname, adapted from Warshawski, named after Warsaw. Comparable to Warszawski.
• As a French surname, Americanized from Guerin.

固有名詞

Ward (countable and uncountable, plural Wards)

1. (countable) An English surname originating as an occupation for a guard or watchman.
2. (countable) An English male given name.
3. A placename
   1. A parish of Castleknock, Fingal, Ireland.
   2. A river in Ireland; in full, Ward River.
   3. A small town in Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand, named after Joseph Ward.
   4. Ellipsis of Ward Beach: a coastline in Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand.
   5. A locale in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community in Sumter County, Alabama.
      2. A city in Lonoke County, Arkansas.
      3. A town in Boulder County, Colorado.
      4. An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Boone County, Indiana.
      5. A township in Todd County, Minnesota.
      6. A town in Allegany County, New York.
      7. A township in Hocking County, Ohio.
      8. A township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
      9. A town in Saluda County, South Carolina.
      10. A town in Moody County, South Dakota.
      11. An unincorporated community in Stevens County, Washington.
      12. An unincorporated community and coal town in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
      13. Ellipsis of Ward County.

派生語

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ward is the 79 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 260,464 individuals. Ward is most common among White (75.58%) and Black (18.50%) individuals.

語源 2

A shortened form.

固有名詞

Ward (plural Wards)

1. Clipping of Edward (a corruption of the name Edward).
2. Clipping of Howard.

参照

アナグラム

• draw