English Dictionary

Clive

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈklaɪv/

固有名詞

A topographic surname from Old English - someone who lived near a cliff (Old English clif). / A male given name transferred from the surname. Popular in Britain in mid-twentieth century.

日本語の意味

旧英語の 'clif' に由来する地形性姓で、断崖近くに住む人を示す / 姓から転用された男性名で、20世紀中頃に英国で人気があった

Clive walked along the cliff path at dusk, feeling the same salt breeze his ancestors must have felt when they lived by the cliff.

崖の近くに住んでいた人は夕暮れに崖沿いの道を歩き、かつて崖のそばに暮らしていた先祖たちが感じたに違いない同じ潮風を感じた。

意味（1）

A topographic surname from Old English - someone who lived near a cliff (Old English clif).

意味（2）

A male given name transferred from the surname. Popular in Britain in mid-twentieth century.

I suppose you, she said, were named for General Clive. I was. And my father was named for General Brock.

意味（3）

A village in Alberta.

意味（4）

A city in Iowa.

意味（5）

A town in New Zealand.

意味（6）

A village and civil parish in north Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5124).