name
Meaning 1
A surname from German.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Oppenheimer
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Pronunciation
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/ˈɒpənˌhaɪmər/
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noun
Meaning 2
A denizen of Oppenheim.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
United States physicist who directed the project at Los Alamos that developed the first atomic bomb (1904-1967)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Robert Oppenheimer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nuclear physicist
History
Etymology
Borrowed from German Oppenheimer.
From Oppenheim + -er.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: أوبنهايمر (ʔubinhāymir) — surname
- Bulgarian: О́пенхаймер (Ópenhajmer) — surname
- Chinese Mandarin: 奧本海默 /奥本海默 (Àoběnhǎimò) — surname
- Chinese Mandarin: 歐本海默 /欧本海默 (Ōuběnhǎimò) — surname
- Czech: Oppenheimer — surname
- French: Oppenheimer — surname
- Georgian: ოპენჰაიმერი (oṗenhaimeri) — surname
- German: Oppenheimer — surname
- Greek: Οπενχάιμερ (Opencháimer) — surname
- Hebrew: אופנהיימר (openhaymer) — surname
- Hindi: ऑपनहैइमर (ŏpanhaiimar) — surname
- Hungarian: Oppenheimer — surname
- Italian: Oppenheimer — surname
- Japanese: オッペンハイマー (oppenhaimā) — surname
- Korean: 오펜하이머 (openhaimeo) — surname
- Latvian: Openheimers — surname
- Lithuanian: Openheimeris — surname
- Macedonian: Опенхајмер (Openhajmer) — surname
- Marathi: ऑपनहाइमर (ŏpanhāimar) — surname
- Polish: Oppenheimer — surname
- Portuguese: Oppenheimer — surname
- Romanian: Oppenheimer — surname
- Russian: О́ппенгеймер (Óppengejmer) — surname
- Serbo-Croatian: Опенхајмер — surname
- Serbo-Croatian: Openhajmer — surname
- Serbo-Croatian: Oppenheimer — surname
- Spanish: Oppenheimer — surname
- Thai: ออพเพนไฮเมอร์ (ɔ̀ɔp-peen-hai-məə) — surname
- Turkish: Oppenheimer — surname
- Ukrainian: О́ппенгеймер (Óppenhejmer) — surname
- German: Oppenheimer — denizen
- Marathi: ऑपनहाइमकर (ŏpanhāimkar) — denizen
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