Lancelot

English edit

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Lancelot (disambiguation)

Lancelot on Wikipedia

Alternative forms edit

Launcelot

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

Proper noun edit

Lancelot (countable and uncountable, plural Lancelots)

(Arthurian legend) One of the Knights of the Round Table, a lover of Guinevere.
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."
A surname.
A ghost town in the Mid North region, South Australia, Australia.

Translations edit

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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Cebuano: ^{(please verify)} Lancelot

Anagrams edit

call note

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old French Lancelot.

Pronunciation edit

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

Proper noun edit

Lancelot m

(Arthurian legend) Lancelot

Cebuano edit

Etymology edit

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From English Lancelot, from Old French Lancelot, from Frankish *Lanzo, pet name for male names beginning in *Land-, and Old French diminutive endings -el and -ot.

Proper noun edit

Lancelot

(Arthurian legend) Lancelot
a male given name from English

French edit

French Wikipedia has an article on:

Lancelot

Wikipedia ^fr

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle French Lancelot.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /lɑ̃.slo/

Proper noun edit

Lancelot m

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

Middle French edit

Alternative forms edit

lãcelot (manuscript form)
lancelot (manuscript form)

Etymology edit

From Old French Lancelot.

Proper noun edit

Lancelot

(Arthurian legend) Lancelot

Descendants edit

French: Lancelot

Old French edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Lancelot m (nominative singular Lanceloz)

(Arthurian legend) Lancelot

Descendants edit

Middle French: Lancelot