English Dictionary

Commonwealth English

名詞

稀用 不可算名詞 稀用

(uncommon) The generalised variety of English spoken and written primarily in the United Kingdom and its former colonies, frequently excluding Canada; always excluding the United States of America. (ie. non-North American English)

日本語の意味

英国およびその旧植民地（通常はカナダを除き、米国は必ず除く）で主に使用される、一般的な形態の英語。 / すなわち、北米英語以外の英語として理解される表現。

Many universities include Commonwealth English in their curricula to reflect regional spelling, vocabulary, and usage differences.

多くの大学は、主にイギリスおよびその旧植民地で話され（しばしばカナダを除く）文書でも用いられる英語の一般化された変種をカリキュラムに取り入れ、地域ごとの綴り、語彙、用法の違いを反映しています。

意味（1）

(uncommon) The generalised variety of English spoken and written primarily in the United Kingdom and its former colonies, frequently excluding Canada; always excluding the United States of America. (ie. non-North American English)

The written form of the language universally taught in schools is Commonwealth English with a slight emphasis on a few words which might be more common in the specific areas than others.

意味（2）

(rare) The group of varieties of English used in the ex-colonial member states of the Commonwealth of Nations, in distinction to the varieties used in Britain itself

There are also other reasons to account for differences between British English on the one hand and American and Commonwealth English on the other.