English Dictionary

ingenue

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɑnʒənu/

名詞

別表記 誤綴り 稀用

An innocent, unsophisticated, naïve, wholesome girl or young woman. / (theater, film) A dramatic role of such a woman; an actress playing such a role. / (rare) Misspelling of ingenu.

日本語の意味

無垢で洗練されていない、純真な少女または若い女性 / （演劇・映画で）そのような女性を演じる役柄、またはその役を演じる女優 / （稀に）『ingenu』の誤記として用いられる場合がある

On stage she was cast as the ingenue, and her wide-eyed sincerity made the audience believe every word.

舞台では彼女は無垢で世間知らずの若い女性の役に配役され、その大きな目の誠実さが観客の心をつかんだ。

意味（1）

An innocent, unsophisticated, naïve, wholesome girl or young woman.

意味（2）

(theater, film) A dramatic role of such a woman; an actress playing such a role.

The intelligent and talented blonde who was fluent in English, French and Spanish was interested in art and joined a local theater group to work on set designs but wound up on stage playing an ingenue in Liliom and was spotted by director Vincente Minnelli.

意味（3）

(rare) Misspelling of ingenu.

Mr. Acheson's failure as Secretary of State ... has been an inability to understand people or to be understood by them.

ingenues （ plural ）