Bernard

See also: bernard

English

Etymology

Germanic Bernhard, ber(n) "bear" + hard "brave, strong". Popularized by medieval European saints.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɜːnəd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /bəɹˈnɑɹd/

Proper noun

Bernard

  1. A male given name..
    • 1992 Thomas Keneally, Woman of the Inner Sea, Plume (1994), →ISBN, pages 18-19:
      A similar arrangement was made for her son Bernard, named in honor of the great Carthusian mystic (at least, that is what Jim Gaffney would softly tell Mrs. Kozinski) and of Bernie Astor, the publicist.
  2. A patronymic surname​.

Translations

Anagrams

Czech

Proper noun

Bernard m

  1. A male given name., cognate to Bernard.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛʁ.naʁ/
  • Audio (Paris)(file)

Proper noun

Bernard m

  1. A male given name., cognate to English Bernard.
  2. A patronymic surname​.

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛrnard/

Proper noun

Bernard m (genitive Bernarda, nominative plural Bernardovia) declension pattern chlap

  1. A male given name..

Declension

Further reading

  • Bernard in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
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