English Dictionary

Dave

IPA（発音記号）

/deɪv/

固有名詞

稀用

A diminutive of the male given name David, also used as a formal given name. / A surname from Gujarati from Sanskrit द्विवेदिन् (dvivedin, “(one who has studied) two Vedas”).

日本語の意味

『David』の短縮形として使われる男性の名前。また、正式な男性名としても用いられる。 / グジャラート語由来で、サンスクリット語の『द्विवेदिन्』に由来し、『二つのヴェーダを学んだ者』という意味の姓。

Dave stayed late at the library to finish his research paper.

デイビッドは研究論文を仕上げるために図書館で遅くまで残った。

意味（1）

A diminutive of the male given name David, also used as a formal given name.

David, with its final d, sounds finished and complete, whereas Dave just kind of hangs there in the air, indefinitely. - - - Worse, if your name is Dave, the only possible nickname is Davey, which makes you sound like you should be wearing a coonskin cap.

意味（2）

A surname from Gujarati from Sanskrit द्विवेदिन् (dvivedin, “(one who has studied) two Vedas”).

意味（3）

(very rare) A female given name.