z.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

接尾辞

-z

1. (urban slang, lolspeak, leetspeak) Used as a substitute for -s in marking the plural of nouns. Usually used in words in which the -s suffix is actually pronounced /z/.

   Boyz are always trouble.

   He lovez me.

関連する語

語源 2

Rhotacism of /ɹ/. Attested since at least 1987.

接尾辞

-z

1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand) Forms nicknames, especially of personal names.

   ‎Barry + ‎-z → ‎Baz

   ‎Sharon + ‎-z → ‎Shaz

   ‎Jeremy + ‎-z → ‎Jez

2. (UK) Forms colloquial variants of words.

   ‎sorry + ‎-z → ‎soz

   ‎tomorrow + ‎-z → ‎tomoz

   ‎apparently + ‎-z → ‎appaz

使用する際の注意点

• Applied to words whose stressed syllable ends in /ɹ/, with the suffix replacing the /ɹ/ and the rest of the word.

派生語

• -zza

参照

発音

Letter name

• (英国発音) IPA: /zɛd/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ziː/
• (Hong Kong) IPA: /(j)iˈzɛd/, /(j)ɪˈzɛd/ (from izzard)
• (India) IPA: /ɪˈzɛd/, /ɪˈzɛɖ/, /zɛɖ/, /zɛd/
• (Jamaica, Philippines) IPA: /zeɪ/
• 韻: -ɛd, -iː, -eɪ

Phoneme

• IPA: /z/

文字

z (lower case, upper case Z, plural zs or z's)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the English alphabet, called zed, zee, or izzard and written in the Latin script.

派生語

参考

• (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

文字

z (lower case, upper case Z)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Classical Latin alphabet, called zēta.

参照

• "z", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “z”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

派生語