Bernard

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• UK: /ˈbɜːnəd/
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• US: /bəɹˈnɑɹd/
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• rhymes with (UK) -ɜː(ɹ)nə(ɹ)d
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• rhymes with (US) -ɑː(ɹ)d
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• CMU ARPABET: B ER0 N AA1 R D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: B ER1 N ER0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Inherited from Middle English Bernard, from Old French Bernard, Bernart, from Medieval Latin Bernardus, probably from Frankish *Bernhard (cognate with Old High German Bernhart, Old English Beornheard), from Proto-Germanic *Bernuharduz, equivalent to bear + -ard. Popularized by medieval European saints.

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: Benárd m Bernárd — male given name
• Albanian: Bernhárd — male given name
• Albanian: Binárd — male given name
• Albanian: Birnárd — male given name
• Basque: Beñat — male given name
• Bengali: বার্নার্ড (barnarḍo) — male given name
• Catalan: Bernat — male given name
• Chinese Cantonese: 班拿特 (baan1 naa4 dak6) — male given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 伯納德 /伯纳德 (Bónàdé) — male given name
• Danish: Bernhard — male given name
• Danish: Bernt — male given name
• Dutch: Bernaart — male given name
• Esperanto: Bernardo — male given name
• French: Bernard — male given name
• Middle French: Bernard — male given name
• Old French: Bernard — male given name
• Old French: Bernart — male given name
• Georgian: ბერნარდი (bernardi) — male given name
• German: Bernhard — male given name
• German: Bernd — male given name
• Greek: Βερνάρδος (Vernárdos) — male given name
• Hungarian: Bernát — male given name
• Icelandic: Bernharður — male given name
• Irish: Bearnárd — male given name
• Italian: Bernardo — male given name
• Latin: Bernardus — male given name
• Lombard: Bernard — male given name
• Māori: Perenata — male given name
• Norwegian Bokmål: Bernhard — male given name
• Norwegian Bokmål: Bernt — male given name
• Norwegian Nynorsk: Bernhard — male given name
• Norwegian Nynorsk: Bernt — male given name
• Occitan: Bernat — male given name
• Polish: Bernard — male given name
• Portuguese: Bernardo — male given name
• Russian: Берна́рд (Bernárd) — male given name
• Spanish: Bernardo — male given name
• Swedish: Bernhard — male given name
• Vietnamese: Bênađô — male given name
• Walloon: Biernåd — male given name