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Lionel

See also: lionel

English edit

 
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Etymology edit

A Middle English diminutive of French Léon, Latin Leo (“lion”), or of the Middle English nickname Lion + -el (diminutive suffix). [1]

Pronunciation edit

  • enPR: lī' ən əl, IPA(key): /ˈlaɪənl/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Proper noun edit

Lionel

  1. A male given name from Latin of mostly British usage.
    • 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
      , Scene IV
      His grandfather was Lionel, Duke of Clarence,
      Third son to the third Edward, King of England.
      Spring crestless yeomen from so deep a root?
    • 1953, L. P. Hartley, The Go-Between, Hamish Hamilton, published 1974, pages 49–50:
      "Yes. You see, I was born under the sign of Leo, though it's not my real name."
      "What is your real name?"
      I saw Marcus looking at me, but I couldn't refuse to tell her.
      "It's Lionel. But don't tell anyone."
      "Why not?"
      "Because it's rather a fancy name."

Translations edit

References edit

  1. ^ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.

Anagrams edit

Basque edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /lionel/ [li.o.nel]
  • Rhymes: -onel
  • Hyphenation: Li‧o‧nel

Proper noun edit

Lionel anim

  1. a male given name

Declension edit

Declension of Lionel (animate, ending in consonant)
indefinite
absolutive Lionel
ergative Lionelek
dative Lioneli
genitive Lionelen
comitative Lionelekin
causative Lionelengatik
benefactive Lionelentzat
instrumental Lionelez
inessive Lionelengan
locative —
allative Lionelengana
terminative Lionelenganaino
directive Lionelenganantz
destinative Lionelenganako
ablative Lionelengandik
partitive Lionelik
prolative Lioneltzat

References edit

  • “Lionel” in Euskal Onomastikaren Datutegia [Basque Onomastic Database], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • Xarles Bidegain, Izendegia, 1999, Elkarlanean, Donostia, →ISBN, page 271

French edit

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Lionel m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Lionel
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