Ken.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

アナグラム

• nek

語源

Inherited from 古期英語 -cian, from Proto-West Germanic *-ukōn, *-ikōn, from Proto-Germanic *-ukōną, *-ikōną.

発音

• IPA: /-kən/

接尾辞

-ken

1. (no longer productive) Forms verbs with an frequentative or intensive force from nouns or other verbs.

派生語

派生した語

• English: -k, (dialectal) -ock
  • ⇒ English: jummock (“to jolt, work up and down”) (dialectal)
• Scots: -k

語源 1

固有名詞

Ken

1. A diminutive of the male given name Kenneth.
   • 2023 June 21, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, “House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump investigations”, in CNN‎:

     The vote was 213-209 along party lines. Republican members of the House Ethics Committee – Michael Guest of Mississippi, Dave Joyce of Ohio, Andrew Garbarino of New York, John Rutherford of Florida and Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota – voted present. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado also voted present but he is not on the Ethics Committee.

2. (colloquial, in combination) Kensington in London.
   • 2003, Rob Humphreys, The Rough Guide to London, page 327:

     Kensington High Street — better known as High Street Ken after the nearby tube — is dominated architecturally by […]

   • 2015, James Sherwood, James Sherwood's Discriminating Guide to London:

     The ladies (and gentlemen) of South Ken and Chelsea do like their raw food, and Daphne's does a terrific tuna tartare with avocado and wild fennel, black figs, gorgonzola and hazelnuts; […]

3. Synonym of Ken doll.
   • 2007, Vanessa Rose Lee, The Beauty Queen and the School Nerd

     After the ceremony, the "Barbies and Kens" (excluding Tommy and Britney) gathered at Lindsay's mansion to have a barbeque party. They laughed and talked about good times and vowed to remain friends forever.

派生語

語源 2

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固有名詞

Ken (plural Kens)

1. A surname.

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ken is the 40144 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 546 individuals. Ken is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (47.44%) and White (34.62%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ken”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 292.

アナグラム

• nek