Arthur

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɑːθə/
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• General-American: /ˈɑɹθɚ/
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• archaic, dialectal: /ˈɑːɹtəɹ/
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• rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)θə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: AA1 R TH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From the name of the legendary king, from Middle English Arthure, from Medieval Latin Arthurus, probably from Middle Welsh arth (“bear”). Other suggestions include Old Welsh arth (“bear”) and ur (“man”), or a Latinized (Romano-British) name; compare Latin Artorius, itself possibly of Etruscan origin, or more likely Messapic-Illyrian related to Proto-Albanian *artsa (“bear”).

After Arthur Guinness, a famous brewer.

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: آرْثَر (ʔārṯar) — male given name
• Armenian: Արթուր (Artʻur) — male given name
• Belarusian: Арту́р (Artúr) — male given name
• Breton: Arzur — male given name
• Bulgarian: Арту́р (Artúr) — male given name
• Catalan: Artur — male given name
• Chechen: Артур — male given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 阿瑟 (Āsè) — male given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 亞瑟 /亚瑟 (Yàsè) — male given name
• Corsican: Arturu — male given name
• Czech: Artur — male given name
• Danish: Arthur — male given name
• Dutch: Arthur — male given name
• Esperanto: Arturo — male given name
• Estonian: Artur — male given name
• Faroese: Artur — male given name
• Finnish: Artturi — male given name
• French: Arthur — male given name
• Old French: Artus — male given name
• Galician: Artur — male given name
• German: Arthur — male given name
• Greek: Αρθούρος (Arthoúros) — male given name
• Hebrew: ארתור (ártur) — male given name
• Hungarian: Artúr — male given name
• Irish: Artúr — male given name
• Italian: Arturo — male given name
• Japanese: アーサー (Āsā) — male given name
• Korean: 아서 (Aseo) — male given name
• Latin: Arthurus — male given name
• Latvian: Arturs — male given name
• Latvian: Artūrs — male given name
• Manx: Artur — male given name
• Manx: Art — male given name
• Marathi: आर्थर (ārthar) — male given name
• Norwegian: Arthur — male given name
• Persian: آرتور (ârtur) — male given name
• Picard: Artur — male given name
• Polish: Artur — male given name
• Portuguese: Artur — male given name
• Russian: Арту́р (Artúr) — male given name
• Scottish Gaelic: Artair — male given name
• Slovak: Artúr — male given name
• Spanish: Arturo — male given name
• Swedish: Artur — male given name
• Tamil: ஆர்த்தர் (ārttar) — male given name
• Ukrainian: Арту́р (Artúr) — male given name
• Welsh: Arthur — male given name