Edgar

See also: EDGAR and Édgar

English

Etymology

From Old English Ēadgār, the name of early English kings, from Old English ēad (“rich”) + gār (“spear”).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛdɡɚ/

Proper noun

Edgar

  1. A male given name.
    • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
      : Scene 1:
      What? did my father's godson seek your life? He whom my father nam'd? your Edgar?
    • 2000 Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin, Random House, →ISBN, page 62:
      My father was the eldest of three sons, each of whom was given Adelia's idea of a high-toned name: Norval and Edgar and Percival, Arthurian revival with a hint of Wagner.
  2. A patronymic surname​.

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English Edgar, from Old English.

Proper noun

Edgar

  1. a male given name

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛt.xɑr/
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  • Hyphenation: Ed‧gar

Proper noun

Edgar

  1. A male given name, cognate to the English Edgar.

Estonian

Proper noun

Edgar

  1. A male given name, cognate to the English Edgar.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛd.ɡaʁ/

Proper noun

Edgar

  1. A male given name, cognate to the English Edgar.

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛt.ɡaːɐ̯/, [ˈʔɛt.ɡ̊aːɐ̯]
  • Hyphenation: Ed‧gar

Proper noun

Edgar n (genitive Edgar or Edgars, plural Edgars)

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Edgar

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Edgar

  1. A male given name, cognate to the English Edgar.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English Edgar.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ed͡ʒ.ˈɡaʁ/, /ˌe.d͡ʒi.ˈɡaʁ/, /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡaʁ/

Proper noun

Edgar m

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Edgar
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