name
Meaning 1
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
Matilda
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/məˈtɪldə/
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CMU ARPABET: M AH0 T IH1 L D AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Either of two British infantry tanks in use during World War II, the Infantry Tank Mark I or Infantry Tank Mark II.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, historical
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Meaning 3
A swag or bluey carried by a swagman or swagwoman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, historical
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noun
Meaning 4
A bundle of possessions, often tied up in a sack; a swag.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
Examples
- 1906, A. B. Paterson, On The Road to Gundagai, The Old Bush Songs, Gutenberg eBook #10493, In a week the spree was over and the cheque was all knocked down, / So we shouldered our “Matildas,” and we turned our backs on town, / And the girls they stood a nobbler as we sadly said “Good bye,” / And we tramped from Lazy Harry’s, not five miles from Gundagai;
Meaning relationships
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History
Etymology
From Middle English Matilda, from Old French Mathilde, from Old High German Mahthilt, Mehthilt, from Proto-West Germanic *Mahtihild, from Proto-Germanic *Mahtihildiz; compare German Mechthild, Old English Mæþhild (“Matilda”).
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Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bengali: ম্যাটিল্ডা (maeṭilḍa) — female given name, cognates and transliterations
- Chinese Mandarin: 瑪蒂爾達 /玛蒂尔达 (Mǎdì'ěrdá) — female given name, cognates and transliterations
- Czech: Matylda — female given name, cognates and transliterations
- Danish: Mathilde — female given name, cognates and transliterations
- Esperanto: Matilda — female given name, cognates and transliterations
- Finnish: Matilda — female given name, cognates and transliterations
- French: Mathilde — female given name, cognates and transliterations
- German: Mathilde — female given name, cognates and transliterations
- German: Mechthild — female given name, cognates and transliterations
- Old High German: Mehthilt — female given name, cognates and transliterations
- Greek: Ματθίλδη (Matthíldi) — female given name, cognates and transliterations
- Hungarian: Matild — female given name, cognates and transliterations
- Hungarian: Matilda — female given name, cognates and transliterations
- Italian: Matilde — female given name, cognates and transliterations
- Marathi: मटिल्डा (maṭilḍā) — female given name, cognates and transliterations
- Norwegian: Mathilde — female given name, cognates and transliterations
- Old English: Mæþhild — female given name, cognates and transliterations
- Polish: Matylda — female given name, cognates and transliterations
- Portuguese: Matilde — female given name, cognates and transliterations
- Portuguese: Matilda — female given name, cognates and transliterations
- Russian: Мати́льда (Matílʹda) — female given name, cognates and transliterations
- Spanish: Matilde — female given name, cognates and transliterations
- Swedish: Matilda — female given name, cognates and transliterations
- Walloon: Matile — female given name, cognates and transliterations
Real reading context