metropolis
metropolis
意味(日本語)
首都 ◇Gk.metro(=mother polis=city)
語源
- matr- : L.mater = mother(母)
意味(英語)
- (noun) A major city, especially the chief city of a country or region: Chicago, the metropolis of the Midwest.
- (noun) A city or an urban area regarded as the center of a specific activity: a great cultural metropolis.
- (noun) Ecclesiastical The chief see of a metropolitan bishop.
- (noun) The mother city or country of an overseas colony, especially in ancient Greece.
例文
- The term metropolis comes from two Greek words meter and polis, or "mother-city."
語源が同じ単語を一緒に覚えよう
mother
mother
母
語源
- matr- : L.mater = mother(母)
maternity
maternity
母である事、母になる事
語源
- matr- : L.mater = mother(母)
maternal
maternal
母の ◇L.mater(=mother)
語源
- matr- : L.mater = mother(母)
matriarchy
matriarchy
女家長制度、女族長制 ◇-archy(=rule)
語源
- matr- : L.mater = mother(母)
matricide
matricide
母殺し ◇-cide(=to cut)
語源
- matr- : L.mater = mother(母)
matriculate
matriculate
に入学を許可する ◇L.matricula(=register) < matrix
語源
- matr- : L.mater = mother(母)
matriculation
matriculation
大学入学許可、入学試験
語源
- matr- : L.mater = mother(母)
matrimonial
matrimonial
結婚の、夫婦の
語源
- matr- : L.mater = mother(母)
matrimony
matrimony
結婚、夫婦関係(母となること) ◇-mony(=-ment 抽象名詞語尾)
語源
- matr- : L.mater = mother(母)
matrix
matrix
マトリックス、子宮、母体、鋳型
語源
- matr- : L.mater = mother(母)
matron
matron
既婚婦人(年配の)、看護婦長
語源
- matr- : L.mater = mother(母)
alma mater
alma mater
母校 ◇alma(=養い育てる事)
語源
- matr- : L.mater = mother(母)
metropolitan
metropolitan
首都の
語源
- matr- : L.mater = mother(母)
mother tongue
mother tongue
母国語
語源
- matr- : L.mater = mother(母)