Igor
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Transliterated from Russian И́горь (Ígorʹ), a Varangian name derived from Old Norse Yngvarr, Ingvarr, from Yngvi (name of a god) + herr (“army”). Doublet of Ivor.
Proper noun edit
Igor (plural Igors)
- A male given name from Russian.
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Etymology 2 edit
From the hunchbacked lab assistant to Dr. Victor Frankenstein in the 1931 U.S. film Frankenstein of Universal Studios, which was named "Fritz", and the successor to Dr. Frankenstein found in the third and fourth films, named "Ygor"; which have been conflated in popular culture to become "Igor".
Noun edit
Igor (plural Igors)
- (fiction) A stock character, the lab assistant to a mad scientist, vampire, or miser frequently depicted as being deformed in some manner, physically and/or psychologically.
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Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Igor m anim
- a male given name, equivalent to English Igor
Declension edit
This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Russian.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Igor m
- a male given name
Anagrams edit
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian И́горь (Ígorʹ), from Old Norse Yngvarr.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Igor m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Ivor
Declension edit
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian И́горь (Ígorʹ), from Old Norse Yngvarr.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: I‧gor
Proper noun edit
Igor m
- a male given name from Russian, equivalent to English Igor
Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian И́горь (Ígorʹ), derived from Old Norse Yngvarr, Ingvarr, from Yngvi (name of a god) + herr (“army”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Igor m anim (genitive singular Igora, nominative plural Igorovia, declension pattern of chlap)
- a male given name
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Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Igor”, 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