rebus

• n.絵画パズル；アナグラム（絵画をヒントにしたもの）

ラテン語のrebus, thing, objectから、resの分離形で、res, thing, thingから、語源的にはrealと同じで、後に図形クロスワードパズルを指すようになった。ラテン語omnisの主格形に由来するomnibusを比較。

rebus (n.)

c. 1600, from Latin rebus "by means of objects," ablative plural of res "thing, object." According to French sources, principally from the phrase de rebus qu? geruntur "of things which are going on," in reference to the satirical pieces composed by Picardy clerks at carnivals, subtle satires of current events using pictures to suggest words, phrases or things. Or it may be from the representations being non verbis sed rebus "not by words, but by things." In either case from Latin res "thing."

1. A picture of a cat on a log is a rebus for catalog.

謎画の中に1匹の猫（cat）が木（alog）の上に立っていて、謎はcatalog（目次）.

2.Most people know a sort of puzzle called rebus .

多くの人がパズルと呼ばれるクイズを知っている。