Guinevere

English

Alternative forms

• Gwenhwyfar (Welsh form)

Etymology

From Middle English Gwenyver, from Middle Welsh Gwenhwyfar, from Proto-Brythonic *Gwɨnnohuɨβar. Doublet of Jennifer.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwɪ.nə.vɪə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwɪ.nə.vɪɹ/
• Hyphenation: Guin‧e‧vere

Proper noun

Guinevere

1. A female given name from Welsh or Proto-Celtic.
2. (Arthurian legend) In Arthurian legend, the wife of King Arthur.

Related terms

• Gaynor
• Ginevra
• Guinevieve
• Jennifer

Translations

female given name

• Breton: Gwenivar f
• Catalan: Ginebra (ca) f
• Cornish: Gwynnever f, Jenefer f
• French: Guenièvre (fr) f
• Irish: Fionnabhair f

  Middle Irish: Findabair f

  Old Irish: Finnabair f

• Italian: Ginevra (it) f
• Polish: Ginewra f
• Spanish: Ginebra (es) f
• Welsh: Gwenhwyfar f

wife of King Arthur

• Arabic: غوينيفير f
• Basque: Genobeba
• Breton: Gwenivar f
• Bulgarian: Гуиневир f (Guinevir)
• Catalan: Ginebra (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 桂妮薇兒／桂妮薇儿 (Guìnīwēi'ér), 桂妮薇爾／桂妮薇尔 (Guìnīwēi'ěr), 格溫娜維爾／格温娜维尔 (Géwēnnàwéi'ěr), 桂妮薇亚, 桂妮薇亞／桂妮薇亚, 桂妮薇娅 (Guìnīwēiyà)

• Cornish: Gwynnever f
• Danish: Guenevere c
• Esperanto: Ginevra
• Finnish: Guinevere
• French: Guenièvre (fr) f

  Middle French: Genievre f

  Old French: Genievre f

• Galician: Xenebra (gl) f
• Greek: Γκουίνεβιρ f (Gkouínevir)
• Hebrew: גווינביר f
• Italian: Ginevra (it) f
• Japanese: グィネヴィア (Gwinevia)
• Korean: 귀네비어 (Gwinebieo)
• Polish: Ginewra f
• Portuguese: Genebra (pt) f
• Russian: Гвине́вра f (Gvinévra)
• Spanish: Ginebra (es) f
• Swedish: Guenever c
• Thai: กวินิเวียร์
• Ukrainian: Ґвіневера f (Gvinevera)
• Welsh: Gwenhwyfar f