remnant

• n. 余剰
• adj.
• n. (Remnant) 人名; (Eng.) 名残り

古フランス語のremenant, remainder, residueからの略語で、語源的にはremain。

remnant

remnant: see remain

remnant (n.)

late 14c., contraction of remenant (c. 1300), from Old French remanant "rest, remainder, surplus," noun use of present participle of remanoir "to remain" (see remain (v.)). Specific sense of "end of a piece of drapery, cloth, etc." is recorded from early 15c. An Old English word for "remnant" was endlaf.

1. Obedience by women towards men is a remnant of religious teaching.

女の男への従順さは宗教教義の残滓である。

2.The Ainu settlers in Hokkaido are the last remnant of a prehistoric race.

北海道のアイヌは、先史のある種族の最後の残存者だった。

3.It matters little where we pass the remnant of our days.

私たちはどこで私たちの余年を過ごしても構わない。

4.You have certainly parted with the remnant of your mind.

あなたはまったく頭がありません。

5.She bought a remnant of silk at a bargain.

彼女は安い値段で端切れの絹布を買った。