Theron

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin Thērōn, in turn from Ancient Greek Θήρων (Thḗrōn).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈθɛəɹən/

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈθɛɹən/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹən

Proper noun

Theron

1. Theron of Akragas (died 473 BC), a tyrant of Akragas in Sicily.

Translations

5th century BC tyrant of Akragas

• Bulgarian: Терон m (Teron)
• Catalan: Teró m
• Czech: Thérón m
• Dutch: Theroon m
• Finnish: Theron
• French: Théron (fr) m
• German: Theron m
• Greek: Θήρων (el) m (Thíron)

  Ancient: Θήρων m (Thḗrōn)

• Hungarian: Teron
• Italian: Terone m
• Japanese: テロン (Teron)
• Korean: 테론 (Teron)
• Latin: Thērōn m
• Polish: Teron m
• Portuguese: Terone m, Teron m, Têron m
• Russian: Феро́н (ru) m (Ferón), Теро́н m (Terón)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Терон m

  Roman: Teron m

• Sicilian: Tiruni m
• Slovak: Thérón m
• Spanish: Terón m
• Swedish: Theron c
• Ukrainian: Феро́н m (Ferón)

Etymology 2

From Occitan toponyms derived from Latin torus, thorus (“embankment, elevation”), from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to extend, to stretch out”).
Made known in the Afrikaans form by the below actress.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈθɪəɹɒn/, /θəˈɹɒn/, /ˈθɪəɹən/

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈθɛɹən/, /ˈθɪəɹən/, /θəˈɹoʊn/
• Rhymes: -ɛɹən, -ɪəɹɒn, -ɪəɹən, -ɒn, -əʊn

Proper noun

Theron

1. A surname.
2. Charlize Theron (born 1975), South African actress.

Anagrams

• 'nother, Hornet, Rhoten, Thoren, Thorne, enhort, hornet, nother, other'n, throne

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Occitan toponyms derived from Latin torus, thorus (“embankment, elevation”), from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to extend, to stretch out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trɔn/, /tron/

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Theron

1. a surname