adj
Meaning 1
Noble.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
Ethel
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈɛθ.əl/
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/ˈɛθɪl/
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homophone: ethyl (one pronunciation)
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rhymes with -ɛθɪl
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CMU ARPABET: EH1 TH AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A female given name from Old English, popular at the turn of the 20th century.
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name
Meaning 3
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Arkansas County, Arkansas.
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name
Meaning 4
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Greenfield Township, Orange County, Indiana.
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Meaning 5
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.
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name
Meaning 6
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Attala County, Mississippi.
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name
Meaning 7
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Macon County, Missouri.
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Meaning 8
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma.
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name
Meaning 9
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Richmond County, Virginia.
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name
Meaning 10
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lewis County, Washington.
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name
Meaning 11
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.
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name
Meaning 12
A hamlet in Huron County, Ontario, Canada.
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noun
Meaning 13
The rune ᛟ.
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noun
Meaning 14
The name of the Latin script letter Œ/œ..
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noun
Meaning 15
Alternative form of athel (“tamarisk”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
Examples
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:ethel.
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History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Middle English ethel, from Old English ǣþel, ēþel.
Short form of names of Old English origin beginning with Ethel-, æþele (“noble”). First used in the 19th century. Cognate to the Germanic Adela and Adele.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: Edel — female given name
- Hawaiian: ʻEkela — female given name
- Japanese: エセル (eseru) — female given name
- Marathi: एथेल (ethel) — female given name
- Norwegian: Edel — female given name
- Polish: Ethel — female given name
- Swedish: Edla — female given name
- Bulgarian: одал (odal) — name of the Futharc rune
- Russian: одал (odal) — name of the Futharc rune
- Bulgarian: одал (odal) — name of the Latin letter (Œ, œ)
- French: e dans l'o — name of the Latin letter (Œ, œ)
- German: oe-Ligatur — name of the Latin letter (Œ, œ)
- Russian: одал (odal) — name of the Latin letter (Œ, œ)
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