Arabicの意味・使い方・発音

Arabic

英美 [ˈærəbɪk]

Arabic (adj.): early 14c., from Old French Arabique (13c.), from Latin Arabicus "Arabic" (see Arab). Old English used Arabisc "Arabish." Originally in reference to gum arabic; noun meaning "Arabic language" is from late 14c.

Arabic numerals (actually Indian) first attested 1727; they were introduced in Europe by Gerbert of Aurillac (later Pope Sylvester II) after a visit to Islamic Spain in 967-970. A prominent man of science, he taught in the diocesan school at Reims, but the numbers made little headway against conservative opposition in the Church until after the Crusades. The earliest depiction of them in English, in "The Crafte of Nombrynge" (c. 1350) correctly identifies them as "teen figurys of Inde."

1. The clock is available with either Roman or Arabic numerals.: この時計はローマ数字のものもあれば、アラビア数字のものもあります。

2.Mombasa is a town with a beguiling Arabic flavour.: モンバサは魅力的なアラブの風情に満ちた都市です。

4.He spoke abruptly,in barely comprehensible Arabic .: 彼は突然口を開いたが、ほとんど分からないアラビア語を話していた。

5.I was asked to lecture on the Arabic literature yesterday.: 昨日私は招待されてアラブ文学について話しました。