creätureの英語

名詞

creäture (複数形 creätures)

1. (archaic, chiefly literary かつ philosophy) Alternative spelling of creature.

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使用する際の注意点

• Unlike any of its related terms, creature has not retained the original syllabic break between the ‘e’ and the ‘a’ (as “cre·ature”), having instead undergone synæresis. For this reason, its original sense of “something created” is not always evident to those who hear its modern, disyllabic pronunciation.
• Some authors and translators (especially of poetical works) write a diæresis atop the ‘a’, thereby specifying the original trisyllabic pronunciation, either for metrical reasons in poetry, or to remind the listener or reader of the orignal meaning of creature.