name · noun · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ɜːl/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American:/ɝl/
rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)l
ûrl
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Early, Modern:/ɛrl/
Early, Modern, rare:/ɛːrl/
homophone: URL
CMU ARPABET:ER1 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
A male given name from English from the English noun earl.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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name
Meaning 2
A surname originating as an occupation for service in the household of an earl, or from a nickname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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3
name
Meaning 3
A female given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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4
name
Meaning 4
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Las Animas County, Colorado.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 5
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 6
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 7
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Springbrook, Washburn County, Wisconsin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 8
A British or Irish nobleman next in rank above a viscount and below a marquess; equivalent to a European count. A female using the style is termed a countess.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, monarchy, nobility, politics
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9
noun
Meaning 9
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called counts and viscounts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 10
The title of an earl.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 11
a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: peer
Narrower terms: Montfort, Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester
History
Etymology
From earl (“nobleman”).
From Middle English erl, erle, from Old English eorl, from Proto-West Germanic *erl, from Proto-Germanic *erlaz (compare Old Saxon erl, Old Norse jarl), from Proto-Germanic *erōną, *arōną (compare Old Norse jara (“fight, battle”)). Doublet of eorl and jarl. Unrelated to ealdorman (“alderman”).
Across languages
Translations
73 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bengali:
আর্ল
(arlo)
— male given name meaning "an earl"
Japanese:
アール
(Āru)
— male given name meaning "an earl"
Russian:
Эрл
(Erl)
— male given name meaning "an earl"
Swedish:
Jarl
— male given name meaning "an earl"
Afrikaans:
graaf
— a British or Irish nobleman
Armenian:
կոմս
(koms)
— a British or Irish nobleman
Azerbaijani:
qraf
— a British or Irish nobleman
Belarusian:
граф
(hraf)
— a British or Irish nobleman
Belarusian:
грап
(hrap)
— a British or Irish nobleman
Belarusian:
эрл
(erl)
— a British or Irish nobleman
Bulgarian:
граф
(graf)
— a British or Irish nobleman
Bulgarian:
ерл
(erl)
— a British or Irish nobleman
Catalan:
comte
— a British or Irish nobleman
Chinese Mandarin:
伯爵
(bójué)
— a British or Irish nobleman
Cornish:
yurl
— a British or Irish nobleman
Czech:
hrabě
— a British or Irish nobleman
Danish:
jarl
— a British or Irish nobleman
Dutch:
graaf
— a British or Irish nobleman
Dutch:
earl
— a British or Irish nobleman
Esperanto:
grafo
— a British or Irish nobleman
Estonian:
krahv
— a British or Irish nobleman
Faroese:
jarl
— a British or Irish nobleman
Finnish:
jaarli
— a British or Irish nobleman
French:
comte
— a British or Irish nobleman
French:
earl
— a British or Irish nobleman
Georgian:
ერლი
(erli)
— a British or Irish nobleman
Georgian:
გრაფი
(grapi)
— a British or Irish nobleman
German:
Graf
— a British or Irish nobleman
German:
Earl
— a British or Irish nobleman
Greek:
κόμης
(kómis)
— a British or Irish nobleman
Hindi:
अर्ल
(arla)
— a British or Irish nobleman
Hungarian:
gróf
— a British or Irish nobleman
Icelandic:
jarl
— a British or Irish nobleman
Ido:
komto
— a British or Irish nobleman
Irish:
iarla
— a British or Irish nobleman
Italian:
conte
— a British or Irish nobleman
Japanese:
伯爵
(hakushaku)
— a British or Irish nobleman
Khmer:
ព្រះ
(prĕəh)
— a British or Irish nobleman
Korean:
백작
(baekjak)
— a British or Irish nobleman
Latin:
comes
— a British or Irish nobleman
Latvian:
grāfs
— a British or Irish nobleman
Lithuanian:
grafas
— a British or Irish nobleman
Macedonian:
ерл
(erl)
— a British or Irish nobleman
Macedonian:
гроф
(grof)
— a British or Irish nobleman
Manx:
eearley
— a British or Irish nobleman
Marathi:
अर्ल
(arla)
— a British or Irish nobleman
Middle English:
erl
— a British or Irish nobleman
Norwegian Bokmål:
jarl
— a British or Irish nobleman
Norwegian Bokmål:
greve
— a British or Irish nobleman
Norwegian Nynorsk:
jarl
— a British or Irish nobleman
Norwegian Nynorsk:
greve
— a British or Irish nobleman
Old English:
eorl
— a British or Irish nobleman
Old Norse:
jarl
— a British or Irish nobleman
Persian:
اَرل
(arl)
— a British or Irish nobleman
Polish:
earl
— a British or Irish nobleman
Polish:
hrabia
— a British or Irish nobleman
Portuguese:
conde
— a British or Irish nobleman
Romanian:
conte
— a British or Irish nobleman
Russian:
граф
(graf)
— a British or Irish nobleman
Russian:
эрл
(erl)
— a British or Irish nobleman
Scottish Gaelic:
iarla
— a British or Irish nobleman
Serbo-Croatian:
гро̏ф
— a British or Irish nobleman
Serbo-Croatian:
grȍf
— a British or Irish nobleman
Slovak:
gróf
— a British or Irish nobleman
Slovene:
grof
— a British or Irish nobleman
Spanish:
conde
— a British or Irish nobleman
Swedish:
jarl
— a British or Irish nobleman
Thai:
เอิร์ล
— a British or Irish nobleman
Ukrainian:
граф
(hraf)
— a British or Irish nobleman
Ukrainian:
ерл
(erl)
— a British or Irish nobleman
