English Dictionary

catchword

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkætʃwɜːd/

名詞

歴史的

(printing, historical) A word under the right-hand side of the last line on a book page that repeats the first word on the following page.

日本語の意味

印刷において、書籍のページの最終行の右側に配置され、次のページの最初の単語を繰り返すために用いられる単語（歴史的・伝統的な慣習）

The binder explained how the catchword printed at the foot of each page, which repeated the first word of the following page, helped align gatherings in early printing.

製本職人は、各ページの下部に印刷され、次のページの最初の語を繰り返す見出し語が、初期の印刷における折丁の揃えに役立ったと説明した。

意味（1）

(printing, historical) A word under the right-hand side of the last line on a book page that repeats the first word on the following page.

意味（2）

(theater) The last word of a speech, serving as a cue for the next speaker.

意味（3）

A word or expression repeated until it becomes representative of a party, school, business, or point of view.

The war itself has several names, including the famine war (ḥarb al-majā'a) and seferberlik, a Turkish word, meaning travel by land, that began its wartime career as a reference to military conscription but quickly became a catchword for all the calamities and suffering experienced by civilians.

catchwords （ plural ）