name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/kliːoʊˈpætɹə/
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CMU ARPABET:K L IY2 AH0 P AE1 T R AH0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
A given name of women in the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt; notably Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt (69–30 BCE); last of the Ptolemy line.
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name
Meaning 2
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
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Usage: rare
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noun
Meaning 3
A woman of great seductive beauty.
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4
noun
Meaning 4
A variety of apple.
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5
noun
Meaning 5
The Cleopatra butterfly (Gonepteryx cleopatra).
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noun
Meaning 6
The butterfly Gonepteryx cleopatra of the family Pieridae.
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noun
Meaning 7
beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC)
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From Middle English Cleopatra, from Latin Cleopatra, from Ancient Greek Κλεοπάτρα (Kleopátra), meaning "glory of her father", from κλέος (kléos, “glory”) + πατήρ (patḗr, “father”).
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
Kleopatra
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Arabic:
كْلِيوْبَاتْرَا
(kliwbātrā)
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Arabic:
كليوباترا
(kliubātra, kilubatra)
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Armenian:
Կլեոպատրա
(Kleopatra)
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Old Armenian:
Կղէոպատրա
(Kłēopatra)
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Bulgarian:
Клеопа́тра
(Kleopátra)
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Catalan:
Cleòpatra
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Chinese Mandarin:
克萊奧帕特拉 /克莱奥帕特拉
(Kèlái'àopàtèlā)
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Chinese Mandarin:
克婁巴特拉 /克娄巴特拉
(Kèlóubātèlā)
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Coptic:
ⲕⲗⲉⲟⲡⲁⲧⲣⲁ
(kleopatra)
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Coptic:
ⲕⲗⲉⲩⲡⲁⲧⲣⲁ
(kleupatra)
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Czech:
Kleopatra
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Danish:
Kleopatra
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Esperanto:
Kleopatra
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Faroese:
Kleopatra
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Finnish:
Kleopatra
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
French:
Cléopâtre
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Galician:
Cleopatra
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Georgian:
კლეოპატრა
(ḳleoṗaṭra)
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
German:
Kleopatra
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Greek:
Κλεοπάτρα
(Kleopátra)
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Ancient Greek:
Κλεοπάτρα
(Kleopátra)
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Hungarian:
Kleopátra
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Italian:
Cleopatra
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Japanese:
クレオパトラ
(Kureopatora)
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Korean:
클레오파트라
(Keulle'opateura)
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Latin:
Cleopatra
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Macedonian:
Клеопатра
(Kleopatra)
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Marathi:
क्लिओपात्रा
(kliopātrā)
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Persian:
کلئوپاترا
(kle'opâtrâ)
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Polish:
Kleopatra
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Portuguese:
Cleópatra
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Romanian:
Cleopatra
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Russian:
Клеопа́тра
(Kleopátra)
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Serbo-Croatian:
Клеопатра
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Serbo-Croatian:
Kleopatra
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Slovak:
Kleopatra
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Slovene:
Kleópatra
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Spanish:
Cleopatra
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Thai:
คลีโอพัตรา
(Klii-oo-pát-dtraa)
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Turkish:
Kleopatra
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Ukrainian:
Клеопа́тра
(Kleopátra)
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Urdu:
قلوپطرہ
— a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
