英単語

costumeの意味・使い方・発音

costume

英 ['kɒstjuːm] 美 ['kɑstum]
  • n. 衣服、服装; 衣装、劇場衣装
  • vt.仮装する

語源


衣装

ラテン語のconsuetudinem「習慣、習慣」から、語源的には習慣と同じ。 con-「強調する」、-suet「自分の」、語源的にはselfと同じ。つまり、自分自身の習慣のことで、後に歴史的な時代に着用された衣装、古着のことを指すようになった。

英語の語源


costume
costume: [18] Ultimately, costume and custom are the same word. Both come from Latin consuētūdō ‘custom’. But whereas custom was an early borrowing, from Old French, costume took a lengthier and more circuitous route via Italian costume ‘custom, fashion, dress’ and French costume. In the early 18th century the word referred to the custom or fashion of a particular period as it related to the representation of the clothes, furniture, etc of that period in art.

In the 19th century this passed into ‘mode of dress appropriate to a particular time or place’, and thence (completing a semantic development rather similar to that of habit) into simply ‘garments, outfit’.

=> custom
costume (n.)
1715, "style of dress," an art term, from French costume (17c.), from Italian costume "fashion, habit," from Latin consuetudinem (nominative consuetudo) "custom, habit, usage." Essentially the same word as custom but arriving by a different etymology. From "customary clothes of the particular period in which the scene is laid," meaning broadened by 1818 to "any defined mode of dress." Costume jewelry is first attested 1933.
costume (v.)
1823, from costume (n.). Related: Costumed; costuming.

例文


1. Even from a distance the effect of his fox costume was stunning.
遠くから見てもキツネの衣装が目を引く。

2.I felt a bit self-conscious in my swimming costume .
私は水着を着ているのが少し恥ずかしいです。

3.The performers,in costume and make-up,were walking up and down backstage.
メイクを施した衣装を着た俳優が楽屋を歩いている。

4.She patted Mona,taking care not to disturb her costume .
彼女はモナを軽くたたいて、彼女の芝居服を乱すのを恐れて慎重になった。

5.I 'm going to be emceeing a costume contest.
仮装コンテストの司会を務めます。

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