Constance

See also: constance

English

Etymology

A medieval form of the Latin Constantia from a word meaning constancy.

Proper noun

Constance

1. A female given name from Latin.
   • 1951, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Man of the Law's Tale”, in Nevill Coghill, transl., The Canterbury Tales: Translated into Modern English (Penguin Classics), Penguin Books, published 1977:

     And forth she sailed the ocean salt and rude. / O Constance, full of sweet solicitude, / O Emperor's daughter of a mighty realm, / He that is Lord of Fortune guide thy helm!

   • c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
     , Scene IV:

     My name is Constance; I was Geffrey's wife; / Young Arthur is my son, and he is lost: / I am not mad:—I would to heaven I were!

2. A surname.

Related terms

• (pet form): Connie
• (male given name): Constant, Constantine

Translations

female given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 康斯坦絲／康斯坦丝 (Kāngsītǎnsī)

• French: Constance (fr)
• German: Konstanze

  Alemannic German: Konschdanz

• Greek: Κωνσταντία (el) (Konstantía), Κωνσταντίνα (el) (Konstantína)
• Italian: Costanza (it)
• Macedonian: Костади́нка (mk) f (Kostadínka)
• Portuguese: Constância (pt) f
• Sicilian: Custanza f
• Venetian: Costansa (vec)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃s.tɑ̃s/

Proper noun

Constance f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Constance

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