Lancelot

English

Alternative forms

• Launcelot

Etymology

From Middle English Launcelot, from Old French Lancelot, from Frankish *Lanzo, hypocoristic form of names beginning in *Land-, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”), and diminutive Old French endings -el and -ot.

Related to Old English Landbeorht (modern English Lambert).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæn.sə.lɒt/, /ˈlɑːn.sə.lɒt/

Proper noun

Lancelot (countable and uncountable, plural Lancelots)

1. (Arthurian legend) One of the Knights of the Round Table, a lover of Guinevere.
2. A male given name from the Germanic languages.

   Synonym: Lance

   • 1921, P.G.Wodehouse, Indiscretions of Archie, page 162:

     "What's the first name?" - - -
     "I have a horrible feeling that it's Lancelot!"
     "Good God!" said Archie.
     "It couldn't really be that, could it?"
     Archie looked grave. He hated to give pain, but he felt he must be honest.
     "It might," he said. "People give their children all sorts of rummy names. My second name's Tracy. And I have a pal in England who was christened Cuthbert De la Hay Horace. Fortunately everyone calls him Stinker."

3. A surname.
4. A ghost town in the Mid North region, South Australia, Australia.

Translations

the knight

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘭斯洛特／兰斯洛特 (zh) (Lánsīluòtè)

• Dutch: Lanceloet
• Esperanto: Lanceloto
• Finnish: Lancelot
• French: Lancelot (fr)
• Italian: Lancillotto (it)
• Japanese: ランスロット (らんすろっと、ransurotto)
• Maori: Ranaharoto
• Portuguese: Lançarote
• Russian: Лансело́т (ru) m (Lanselót), Ланцело́т m (Lancelót)
• Spanish: Lanzarote, Lancelot
• Welsh: Lawnslot

given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘭斯洛特／兰斯洛特 (zh) (Lánsīluòtè)

• French: Lancelot (fr) m

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Translations to be checked

• Cebuano: ^{(please verify)} Lancelot

Anagrams

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French Lancelot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [lən.səˈlɔt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [lan.seˈlɔt]

Proper noun

Lancelot m

1. (Arthurian legend) Lancelot

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French Lancelot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑ̃.slo/

Proper noun

Lancelot m

1. (Arthurian legend) Lancelot
2. a male given name from Middle French, equivalent to English Lancelot

Middle French

Alternative forms

• lãcelot (manuscript form)
• lancelot (manuscript form)

Etymology

From Old French Lancelot.

Proper noun

Lancelot

1. (Arthurian legend) Lancelot

Descendants

• French: Lancelot

Old French

Etymology

From Frankish *Lanzo, hypocoristic form of names beginning in *Land-, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”), and diminutive Old French endings -el and -ot.

Cognate with Old English Landbeorht (modern English Lambert).

Proper noun

Lancelot m (nominative singular Lanceloz)

1. (Arthurian legend) Lancelot

Descendants

• Middle French: Lancelot