Lancelot

English

Alternative forms

• Launcelot

Etymology

From Old French Lancelot, from Frankish Lanzo, pet name for male names beginning in Land-, and Old French diminutive endings -el and -ot.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlɑn.sə.lɒt/

Proper noun

Lancelot

1. (Arthurian legend) One of the knights of the round table, a lover of Guinevere.
2. A male given name.

Quotations

• 1921 P.G.Wodehouse: Indiscretions of Archie. page 162:

  "What's the first name?" - - -

  "I have a horrible feeling that it's Lancelot!"

  "Good God!" said Archie.

  "It couldn't really be that, could it?"

  Archie looked grave. He hated to to give pain, but he felt he must be honest.

  "It might," he said. "People give their children all sorts of rummy names. My second name's Tracy. And I have a pal in England who was christened Cuthbert De la Hay Horace. Fortunately everyone calls him Stinker."

Translations

the knight

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘭斯洛特 (cmn), 兰斯洛特 (cmn) (Lánsīluòtè)

• Finnish: Lancelot (fi)

given name

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Old French

Proper noun

Lancelot m (nominative singular Lanceloz)

1. Lancelot (fictional character)