Helene
English
editEtymology
editFrom French Hélène and from German Helene. Doublet of Helen.
Proper noun
editHelene
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- 1973, Toni Morrison, Sula, Penguin, published 1973, →ISBN, page 18:
- She lost only one battle - the pronunciation of her name. The people in Bottom refused to say Helene. They called her Helen Wright and left it at that.
- (astronomy) A moon of the planet Saturn.
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). Cognate with the English Helen.
Proper noun
editHelene
- a female given name
- (astronomy) A moon of the planet Saturn.
Related terms
editReferences
edit- [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 26 376 females with the given name Helene have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 May 2011.
Estonian
editEtymology
editFrom French Hélène and from German Helene.
Proper noun
editHelene (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- a female given name from Ancient Greek
Related terms
editGerman
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editHelene f (proper noun, genitive Helenes or (with an article) Helene)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Helen
Related terms
editHawaiian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek Ἕλλην (Héllēn).
Proper noun
editHelene
- Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)
- Greek person
Verb
editHelene
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from English Helen and Helene.
Proper noun
editHelene
- a female given name from English
Related terms
editReferences
edit- Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 185
- Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records The name does not occur as a mononym in 19th century marriage records. Early examples:
- Helene Piko, married in 1892, Molokai
- Helene Wainee, married in 1900, Honolulu
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈhe.le.neː/, [ˈhɛɫ̪ɛneː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.le.ne/, [ˈɛːlene]
Proper noun
editHelenē f (genitive Helenēs); first declension
Declension
editFirst-declension noun (Greek-type).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Helenē | Helenae |
Genitive | Helenēs | Helenārum |
Dative | Helenae | Helenīs |
Accusative | Helenēn | Helenās |
Ablative | Helenē | Helenīs |
Vocative | Helenē | Helenae |
References
edit“Helenē”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Norwegian
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). Cognate with the English Helen.
Proper noun
editHelene
- a female given name
Related terms
editReferences
edit- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 10 708 females with the given name Helene living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with frequency peaks in the 1880s and the 1990s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom French Hélène. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1810. Variant of Helena (“Helen”).
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editHelene c (genitive Helenes)
- a female given name
Usage notes
edit- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from German
- English doublets
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English female given names
- English female given names from Ancient Greek
- English terms with quotations
- en:Astronomy
- English eponyms
- en:Moons of Saturn
- Danish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
- Danish female given names
- da:Astronomy
- Estonian terms derived from French
- Estonian terms derived from German
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- Estonian given names
- Estonian female given names
- Estonian female given names from Ancient Greek
- German terms derived from Ancient Greek
- German 3-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German terms with homophones
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German feminine nouns
- German given names
- German female given names
- Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hawaiian terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Hawaiian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Hawaiian lemmas
- Hawaiian proper nouns
- haw:Greece
- haw:Countries in Europe
- haw:Countries
- Hawaiian verbs
- Hawaiian stative verbs
- Hawaiian terms borrowed from English
- Hawaiian terms derived from English
- Hawaiian given names
- Hawaiian female given names
- Hawaiian female given names from English
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin 3-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin first declension nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the first declension
- Latin feminine nouns
- Norwegian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian given names
- Norwegian female given names
- Swedish terms derived from French
- Swedish terms with audio links
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish female given names