English Dictionary

avatar

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌæv.əˈtɑː/

名詞

ヒンドゥー教

(Hinduism) An incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu. / The embodiment of an idea or concept; an instantiation, especially a personification or incarnation.

日本語の意味

（特にヴィシュヌ神の）神の化身 / 理念や概念の具体的な体現、具現化

The priests declared the young prince an avatar of Vishnu, and people came to pay their respects.

司祭たちは若い王子をヴィシュヌの化身と宣言し、人々は敬意を表するために訪れた。

意味（1）

(Hinduism) An incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu.

意味（2）

The embodiment of an idea or concept; an instantiation, especially a personification or incarnation.

...that a new avatar of Mrs. Siddons has appeared at Covent Garden, in the shape of her niece Fanny Kemble...

意味（3）

(computing, video games, metaverse) A complex and dynamic digital representation of a person or being in the form of a digital model, used online as a simulation or emulation of a person, or as a person's online alter ego, in a virtual world, virtual chat room, or metaverse.

The people are pieces of software called avatars. They are the audiovisual bodies that people use to communicate with each other in the Metaverse.

意味（4）

(computing, video games) A simple and static or nearly static digital representation of a person or being in the form of a small digital object, used online as a simulacrum or token of a person or that person's online alter ego, in any digital environment but especially in non-virtual, non-metaversal ones.

Coordinate term: icon

avatars （ plural ）