Oscar

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• General-American: /ˈɑs.kɚ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɒs.kə/
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• CMU ARPABET: AO1 S K ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Exact origin uncertain. Resuscitated by James Mcpherson in The Works of Ossian (1765). Napoleon, an admirer of the Ossianic poems, chose it for his godson Oscar Bernadotte, who became a king of Sweden. The modern given name is a conflation of two unrelated names: first, Middle Irish Oscar (the name of Fionn Mac Cumhaill's grandson in Irish mythology), from Middle Irish os (“deer”) + cara (“friend”); and second, Old English Ōscār, Ōsgār (personal name, literally “spear of the gods/spear of God”), from Old English ōs (“god”) and gār (“spear”) (see Oswald). Compare German Ansgar (personal name), Danish Asker, Asger (personal name), Norwegian Asgeir (personal name), Icelandic Ásgeir (personal name). (Academy Award): Disputed. Said to have been named by actress Bette Davis after her first husband, Harmon Oscar Nelson, or by secretary Margaret Herrick after her cousin Oscar Pierce.

Shortened form of Oscar Asche.

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أُوسْكَار (ʔūskar) — male given name
• Armenian: Օսկար (Ōskar) — male given name
• Basque: Oskar — male given name
• Belarusian: О́скар (Óskar) — male given name
• Bengali: অস্কার (oskar) — male given name
• Bulgarian: О́скар (Óskar) — male given name
• Catalan: Òscar — male given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 奧斯卡 /奥斯卡 (Àosīkǎ) — male given name
• Czech: Oskar — male given name
• Danish: Oskar — male given name
• Esperanto: Oskaro — male given name
• Estonian: Oskar — male given name
• Faroese: Oskar — male given name
• Finnish: Oskari — male given name
• French: Oscar — male given name
• Galician: Oscar — male given name
• Georgian: ოსკარი (osḳari) — male given name
• German: Oskar — male given name
• German: Oscar — male given name
• Greek: Όσκαρ (Óskar) — male given name
• Hebrew: אוֹסְקָר (ósqar) — male given name
• Hindi: ऑस्कर (ŏskar) — male given name
• Hungarian: Oszkár — male given name
• Irish: Oscar — male given name
• Italian: Oscar — male given name
• Japanese: オスカー (Osukā) — male given name
• Korean: 오스카 (oseuka) — male given name
• Latin: Anscharius — male given name
• Latvian: Oskars — male given name
• Macedonian: Оскар — male given name
• Marathi: ऑस्कर (ŏskar) — male given name
• Norwegian: Oskar — male given name
• Persian: اسکار (oskâr) — male given name
• Portuguese: Óscar — male given name
• Portuguese: Oscar — male given name
• Russian: О́скар (Óskar) — male given name
• Skolt-Sami: Å ́sǩǩ — male given name
• Skolt-Sami: Ååskaž — male given name
• Scottish Gaelic: Osgar — male given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Оскар — male given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Oskar — male given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Oscar — male given name
• Spanish: Óscar — male given name
• Swedish: Oskar — male given name
• Swedish: Oscar — male given name
• Thai: ออสการ์ (òt-gaa) — male given name
• Ukrainian: О́скар (Óskar) — male given name
• Yiddish: אָסקאַר (oskar) — male given name
• Dutch: pauwoogcichlide — Astronotus ocellatus
• French: oscar — Astronotus ocellatus
• German: Pfauenaugenbuntbarsch — Astronotus ocellatus
• Polish: pielęgnica pawiooka — Astronotus ocellatus
• Polish: ocznik — Astronotus ocellatus
• Russian: глазча́тый астроно́тус (glazčátyj astronótus) — Astronotus ocellatus
• Spanish: óscar — Astronotus ocellatus
• Spanish: copaneca — Astronotus ocellatus
• Spanish: carahuasú — Astronotus ocellatus
• Spanish: acarahuazú — Astronotus ocellatus