name
Meaning 1
A surname from German.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- German poet, philosopher, historian and playwright Friedrich Schiller.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Schiller
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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rhymes with -ɪlə(ɹ)
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noun
Meaning 2
A lustre, similar to sheen, observed in certain minerals, such as hypersthene or labradorite, due to the presence of minute parallel inclusions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
German romantic writer (1759-1805)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: writer, author
History
Etymology
From German Schiller (“shimmer”).
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: شِيلَر (šilar) — surname
- Armenian: Շիլլեռ (Šilleṙ) — surname
- Belarusian: Шы́лер (Šýljer) — surname
- Bulgarian: Ши́лер (Šíler) — surname
- Chinese Mandarin: 席勒 (Xílè) — surname
- Georgian: შილერი (šileri) — surname
- German: Schiller — surname
- Greek: Σίλερ (Síler) — surname
- Hebrew: שילר (shiller) — surname
- Hindi: शिलर (śilar) — surname
- Japanese: シラー (Shirā) — surname
- Korean: 실러 (Silleo) — surname
- Macedonian: Шилер (Šiler) — surname
- Marathi: शिलर (śilar) — surname
- Persian: شیلر (šiler) — surname
- Portuguese: Schiller — surname
- Russian: Ши́ллер (Šíller) — surname
- Ukrainian: Ши́ллер (Šýller) — surname
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