Sylvester

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• /sɪlˈvɛstɚ/
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Borrowed from Latin sylvester (“woody, rural”) from silva (“wood”); name of a saint whose feast day falls on December 31.

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: سيلفستر — male given name
• Catalan: Silvestre — male given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 西爾維斯特 /西尔维斯特 (Xīěrwéisītè) — male given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 蕭韋斯特 /萧韦斯特 (Xiāowéisītè) — male given name
• Czech: Silvestr — male given name
• Esperanto: Silvestro — male given name
• Estonian: Silver — male given name
• Franco-Provençal: Savétro — male given name
• French: Sylvestre — male given name
• German: Silvester — male given name
• Greek: Συλβέστρος (Sylvéstros) — male given name
• Hebrew: סִילְבֶסְטֶר (silvéster) — male given name
• Hungarian: Szilveszter — male given name
• Japanese: シルヴェスター (Shiruvesutā) — male given name
• Occitan: Silvèstre — male given name
• Occitan: Sauvestre — male given name
• Occitan: Salvèstre — male given name
• Polish: Sylwester — male given name
• Portuguese: Silvestre — male given name
• Russian: Сильве́стр (Silʹvéstr) — male given name
• Spanish: Silvestre — male given name
• West Flemish: Silvester — male given name