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Gilbert

name · noun · 19 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • General-American: /ˈɡɪlbɚt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪlbət/
  • CMU ARPABET: G IH1 L B ER0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A male given name from the Germanic languages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 2

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 3

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Maricopa County, Arizona.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 4

A number of places in the United States:

A small town in Searcy County, Arkansas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 5

A number of places in the United States:

A city in Story County, Iowa.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 6

A number of places in the United States:

A village in Franklin Parish, Louisiana.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 7

A number of places in the United States:

A city in St. Louis County, Minnesota.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 8

A number of places in the United States:

A ghost town in Esmeralda County, Nevada.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 9

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Muskingum County, Ohio.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 10

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Pennsylvania.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 11

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Lexington County, South Carolina.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 12

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Mingo County, West Virginia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 13

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Bradley, Lincoln County, Wisconsin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 14

The CGS unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 15

United States architect who influenced the development of the skyscraper (1859-1934)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Cass Gilbert

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: architect, designer

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noun

Meaning 16

English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Humphrey Gilbert

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: navigator

17

noun

Meaning 17

English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: William Gilbert

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico, physicist

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noun

Meaning 18

a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: William Gilbert, William S. Gilbert, William Schwenk Gilbert, Sir William Gilbert

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: librettist, poet

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noun

Meaning 19

a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Gb, Gi

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: magnetomotive force unit

History

Etymology

From Old French Gislebert, from Proto-Germanic *Gīslaberhtaz, from *gīslaz (“pledge”) + *berhtaz (“bright, famous”).

Named after William Gilbert (astronomer).

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: গিলবার্ট (gilbarṭo) — male given name
  • Chinese Mandarin: 吉爾伯特 /吉尔伯特 (Jíěrbótè) — male given name
  • Dutch: Gijsbert — male given name
  • Dutch: Gilbert — male given name
  • French: Gilbert — male given name
  • West-Frisian: Gysbert — male given name
  • Galician: Xilberte — male given name
  • Galician: Xilberto — male given name
  • German: Gilbert — male given name
  • Hebrew: גילברט — male given name
  • Italian: Gilberto — male given name
  • Italian: Gisberto — male given name
  • Māori: Kiripeta — male given name
  • Norman: Dgibèrt — male given name
  • Portuguese: Gilberto — male given name
  • Russian: Ги́лберт (Gílbert) — male given name
  • Sicilian: Cilibertu — male given name
  • Sicilian: Gilibertu — male given name
  • Spanish: Gilberto — male given name
  • Yiddish: גילבערט (gilbert) — male given name
Real reading context

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