Aristotle

See also: aristotle

English

Alternative forms

• Arist. (bibliographical abbreviation)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀριστοτέλης (Aristotélēs).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæɹɪˌstɒtəl/, [ˈæɹɪˌstɒtᵊɫ̩]
• (US, Canada) enPR: ăʹrĭstŏt'əl, IPA^(key): /ˈæɹɪˌstɑtəl/, [ˈæɹɪˌstɑɾɫ̩]
  • (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹɪˌstɑtəl/, [ˈɛɹɪˌstɑɾɫ̩]
• Rhymes: -ɒtəl

Proper noun

Aristotle

1. A male given name.
   1. An ancient Greek philosopher, logician, and scientist (382–322 BCE), student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great.

Derived terms

• Aristotelian, Aristotelean, Aristotlean
• Aristotle's lantern

Translations

ancient Greek philosopher

• Arabic: أَرِسْطُو m (ʔarisṭū), أَرِسْطُوطَالِيس m (ʔarisṭūṭālīs), أَرِسـطَاطَالِيس m
• Armenian: Արիստոտել (Aristotel)

  Old Armenian: Արիստոտէլ (Aristotēl)

• Bulgarian: Аристо́тел m (Aristótel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞里士多德 (zh) (Yàlǐshìduōdé), (Taiwan) 亞里斯多德 (zh) (Yàlǐsīduōdé)

• Czech: Aristoteles (cs) m, Aristotelés m
• Esperanto: Aristotelo
• Faroese: Aristoteles m
• Finnish: Aristoteles (fi)
• French: Aristote (fr) m
• German: Aristoteles (de) m
• Greek: Αριστοτέλης (el) m (Aristotélis)

  Ancient: Ἀριστοτέλης m (Aristotélēs)

• Hebrew: אריסטו m (aristo)
• Hindi: अरस्तु m (arastu)
• Hungarian: Arisztotelész (hu)
• Icelandic: Aristóteles m
• Irish: Arastotail m
• Italian: Aristotele (it) m
• Japanese: アリストテレス (Arisutoteresu)
• Khmer: អារិស្តត្ថល (aaristɑɑttʰal), អារីស្តូត (ʼaariistout)
• Korean: 아리스토텔레스 (Ariseutotelleseu)
• Ladino: Arsato m
• Latin: Aristotelēs (la) m
• Macedonian: Аристо́тел m (Aristótel)
• Norwegian: Aristoteles
• Persian: ارسطو (fa) (arestu), ارسطاطالیس (fa) (arestâtâlis), ارسطوطالیس (arestutâlis)
• Polish: Arystoteles (pl) m
• Portuguese: Aristóteles m
• Romanian: Aristotel (ro) m
• Russian: Аристо́тель (ru) m (Aristótelʹ)
• Slovene: Aristótel (sl) m
• Spanish: Aristóteles (es) m
• Swedish: Aristoteles
• Tagalog: Aristoteles
• Thai: อริสโตเติล (à-rít-dtoo-dtə̂n)
• Turkish: Aristoteles (tr), Aristo (tr)
• Ukrainian: Арісто́тель m (Aristótelʹ)
• Urdu: ارسطو (ur) m (arastu)
• Vietnamese: A-ri-xtốt

See also

• Archimedes
• Plato
• Pythagoras
• Socrates

Further reading

• “Aristotle”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Aristotle”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Aristotle”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• rotalites, testaroli, totaliser

Malay

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀριστοτέλης (Aristotélēs).

Proper noun

Aristotle

1. Aristotle

Scots

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀριστοτέλης (Aristotélēs).

Proper noun

Aristotle

1. Aristotle