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Etymology

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Phono-semantic matching of Corsican Buonaparte, from bona + pars.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Bonapars f sg (genitive Bonapartis); third declension

  1. (New Latin) a male surname from Corsican — famously held by:
    1. Neapolio I. Bonapars, Imperator Francorum (1769–1821; r. 1804–1814, March–June 1815)
    2. Neapolio II. Bonapars, Rex Romae (1811–1832; r. 1811–1814)
    3. Ludovicus Neapolio III. Bonapars, Imperator Francorum (1808–1873; r. 1852–1870)

Declension

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Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -em or -im, ablative singular in -e or ), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Bonapars
Genitive Bonapartis
Dative Bonapartī
Accusative Bonapartem
Bonapartim
Ablative Bonaparte
Bonapartī
Vocative Bonapars

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