Alexander
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-), the stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Doublet of Alejandro.
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌælɪɡˈzændɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌalɪɡˈzɑːndə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Hyphenation: Al‧ex‧an‧der
- Rhymes: -ɑːndə(ɹ), -ændə(ɹ)
Proper noun
editAlexander (plural Alexanders)
- A male given name from Ancient Greek, most famously held by Alexander the Great.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
- Why may not imagination trace the noble dust of Alexander, till he find it stopping a bung-hole?
- 1765, Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy, Book IV, Chapter 18:
- And for my own part, said my uncle Toby, though I should blush to boast of myself, Trim - yet had my name been Alexander, I could have done no more at Namur than my duty.
- 1985, Anne Tyler, The Accidental Tourist, →ISBN, page 170:
- "My son's name is Alexander," Muriel said. "Did I tell you that? I named him Alexander because it sounded high-class.
- A Scottish surname originating as a patronymic, anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Mac Alasdair (“son of Alexander”).
- A place in the United States:
- A city in Arkansas.
- An unincorporated community in Georgia; named for early settler Hugh Alexander.
- A city in Iowa.
- A minor city in Rush County, Kansas; named for early settler Alexander Harvey.
- A town in Maine; named for British politician and financier Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton.
- A town and village therein, in Genesee County, New York; named for early settler Alexander Rea.
- A city in North Dakota; named for early North Dakota politician Alexander McKenzie.
- An unincorporated community in West Virginia; named for local lumber businessman John M. Alexander.
- A rural municipality of Manitoba, Canada.
- A community of Manitoba, Canada; named for early settler Alexander Speers.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
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Noun
editAlexander (plural Alexanders)
- Alternative letter-case form of alexander
Anagrams
editCzech
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editAlexander m anim
- a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | Alexander | Alexanderové, Alexandrové |
genitive | Alexandera, Alexandra | Alexanderů, Alexandrů |
dative | Alexanderovi, Alexanderu, Alexandrovi, Alexandru | Alexanderům, Alexandrům |
accusative | Alexandera, Alexandra | Alexandery, Alexandry |
vocative | Alexandere, Alexandře | Alexanderové, Alexandrové |
locative | Alexanderovi, Alexanderu, Alexandrovi, Alexandru | Alexanderech, Alexandrech |
instrumental | Alexanderem, Alexandrem | Alexandery, Alexandry |
Further reading
editDanish
editProper noun
editAlexander
- a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander
Related terms
editDutch
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros).
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editAlexander m
- a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexander
Related terms
editGerman
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editAlexander
Hungarian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editAlexander
- a male given name
Declension
editInflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Alexander | Alexanderek |
accusative | Alexandert | Alexandereket |
dative | Alexandernek | Alexandereknek |
instrumental | Alexanderrel | Alexanderekkel |
causal-final | Alexanderért | Alexanderekért |
translative | Alexanderré | Alexanderekké |
terminative | Alexanderig | Alexanderekig |
essive-formal | Alexanderként | Alexanderekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Alexanderben | Alexanderekben |
superessive | Alexanderen | Alexandereken |
adessive | Alexandernél | Alexandereknél |
illative | Alexanderbe | Alexanderekbe |
sublative | Alexanderre | Alexanderekre |
allative | Alexanderhez | Alexanderekhez |
elative | Alexanderből | Alexanderekből |
delative | Alexanderről | Alexanderekről |
ablative | Alexandertől | Alexanderektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Alexanderé | Alexandereké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Alexanderéi | Alexanderekéi |
Possessive forms of Alexander | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Alexanderem | Alexandereim |
2nd person sing. | Alexandered | Alexandereid |
3rd person sing. | Alexandere | Alexanderei |
1st person plural | Alexanderünk | Alexandereink |
2nd person plural | Alexanderetek | Alexandereitek |
3rd person plural | Alexanderük | Alexandereik |
Icelandic
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editAlexander m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander
Declension
editm-s1 | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | Alexander | Alexanderinn | Alexanderar | Alexanderarnir |
accusative | Alexander | Alexanderinn | Alexandera | Alexanderana |
dative | Alexander | Alexandernum | Alexanderum | Alexanderunum |
genitive | Alexanders | Alexandersins | Alexandera | Alexanderanna |
Related terms
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) + ἀνδρός (andrós, genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”)).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /a.lekˈsan.der/, [äɫ̪ɛkˈs̠än̪d̪ɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.lekˈsan.der/, [äleɡˈzän̪d̪er]
Proper noun
editAlexander m (genitive Alexandrī); second declension
- A masculine praenomen.
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | Alexander | Alexandrī |
Genitive | Alexandrī | Alexandrōrum |
Dative | Alexandrō | Alexandrīs |
Accusative | Alexandrum | Alexandrōs |
Ablative | Alexandrō | Alexandrīs |
Vocative | Alexander | Alexandrī |
Descendants
edit- Corsican: Lisandru
- Emilian: Alessander
- ⇒ Emilian: Alesànder
- Italian: Alessandro
- Sicilian: Alissantru
- Ligurian: Lusciandro
- Lombard: Lissander
- Navarro-Aragonese:
- → Asturian: Aleixandre
- Neapolitan: Alessandro
- Old French: Alixandre
- Old Leonese:
- Old Occitan:
- Old Galician-Portuguese:
- Old Spanish:
- Piedmontese: Lissànder
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: Lissandri
- Sardinian: Lisandru
- Sicilian: Lisciànniru
- Venetian: Lisandru
- → Albanian: Aleksandër
- → Alemannic German: Alexander
- ⇒ Alemannic German: Xandi
- → Aromanian: Alexandru
- → Basque: Alesander
- → Bengali: আলেকজান্ডার (alekojanḍar)
- → Dutch: Alexander
- Afrikaans: Alexander
- → English: Alexander
- Jamaican Creole: Aligzanda
- → Chinese:
- Cantonese: 亞歷山大/亚历山大 (aa3 lik6 saan1 daai6)
- Mandarin: 亞歷山大/亚历山大 (Yàlìshāndà)
- Eastern Min: 亞歷山大/亚历山大 (Ā-lĭk-săng-dâi)
- → Vietnamese: A Lịch Sơn
- → Hawaiian: Alekanekelo
- → Estonian: Aleksander
- → Faroese: Aleksandur, Alexandur
- → Finnish: Aleksanteri
- → German: Alexander
- → Hebrew: אלכסנדר (aleksánder)
- → Hungarian: Alexander
- ⇒ Hungarian: Sándor
- → Icelandic: Alexander
- → Korean: 알렉산더 (Alleksandeo)
- → Latvian: Aleksandrs
- → Limburgish: Alexander
- → Lithuanian: Aleksándras
- → Livvi: Aleksanderi
- → Low German: Alexander
- → North Frisian: Alexander
- → Norwegian: Alexander, Aleksander
- → Old Danish: Alexander
- Danish: Aleksander, Alexander
- → Greenlandic: Alegsantere, Alassanteri, Aleksantare, Alexandari
- Danish: Aleksander, Alexander
- → Old Irish: Alaxander
- → Old Swedish: Alesant, Alefant, Alexander, Alesantar, Alinsant, Alinsanter, Allexander, Allexandher, Halsand
- Swedish: Alexander, Aleksander
- → Polish: Aleksander
- → Romanian: Alexandru
- → Samogitian: Aleksėndra
- → Scots: Elshinder, Elshinner
- → Silesian: Aleksander
- → Slovene: Aleksander
- → Saterland Frisian: Alexander
- → Swedish: Alexander
- → Thai: อเล็กซานเดอร์ (alèksaanáde)
- → Uzbek: Aleksandr
- → Veps: Alexandr
- → Võro: Aleksandri
- → Welsh: Alecsander
- → West Frisian: Aleksander
- → Yiddish: אַלעקסאַנדער (aleksander)
- → Zealandic: Alexander
- → Zhuang: Ahlijsanda
References
edit- “Alexander”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Norwegian
editAlternative forms
editProper noun
editAlexander
- a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander
Related terms
editReferences
edit- [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 9 615 males with the given name Alexander living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.
Portuguese
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English Alexander. Doublet of Alexandre and Alessandro.
Proper noun
editAlexander m
- a male given name
Scots
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editAlexander
- a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexander
Derived terms
edit- (diminutive) Aleck, Eck, Eckie, Sandy, Saundy, Sawnie, Sawney, Sanders, Saunders, Sannock, Sannag, Sannagie
See also
editSlovak
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editAlexander m anim
- a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | Alexander | Alexandrovia |
genitive | Alexandra | Alexandrov |
dative | Alexandrovi | Alexandrom |
accusative | Alexandra | Alexandrov |
locative | Alexandrovi | Alexandroch |
instrumental | Alexandrom | Alexandrami |
Further reading
edit- “Alexander”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English Alexander. Doublet of Alejandro.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /aleɡˈsandeɾ/ [a.leɣ̞ˈsãn̪.d̪eɾ]
- Rhymes: -andeɾ
- Syllabification: A‧le‧xan‧der
- IPA(key): /alɪɡˈseəndɚ/ [alɪɣ̞ˈseən̪d̪ɚ]
- Rhymes: -eəndɚ
- IPA(key): /ˈælɪɡseəndɚ/ [ˈælɪɣ̞seən̪d̪ɚ]
- Rhymes: -eəndɚ
Proper noun
editAlexander m
- a male given name
Swedish
editEtymology
editEquivalent to English Alexander. First recorded in Sweden (Scania) in 1201.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editAlexander c (genitive Alexanders)
- a male given name
Related terms
edit- (male given names) Alex
- (female names) Alexandra, Sandra
- (surnames) Alexandersson
References
edit- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [2] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 70 150 males with the given name Alexander living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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