Ernest

Etymology

Borrowed in the 18th century from Ernst, a medieval royal name in Germany, from Old High German ernust (“vigor, strife”), only remotely related to modern German ernst or English earnest.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɜː(ɹ)nɪst/

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• Homophones: Earnest, earnest

Proper noun

Ernest

1. A male given name.; popular in the 19th century.
   • 1895 Oscar Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest:

     GWENDOLEN. --, and my ideal has always been to love someone in the name of Ernest. There is something in that name that inspires absolute confidence.

   • 1980 P.D.James: Innocent Blood:

     "What's his name, your boyfriend?" "Ernest. Ernest Hemingway." The name was received in disparaging silence. Marlene said: "You wouldn't get me going out with a feller called Ernest. My granddad was Ernest."

2. A surname​.

Anagrams

• Enters, Senter, enters, entres, nester, renest, rentes, resent, strene, tenser, treens

Proper noun

Ernest m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Ernest.

Proper noun

Ernest

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Ernest.

Anagrams

• entres, entrés
• rentes, rentés
• sterne
• ternes

Proper noun

Ernest m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Ernest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛrnɛst/

Proper noun

Ernest m (genitive Ernesta, nominative plural Ernestovia) declension pattern chlap

1. A male given name..

Further reading

• Ernest in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk