Matilda

See also: matilda

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French Mathilde, from Old High German maht, meht (“might”) + hild, hilta (“battle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /məˈtɪldə/

Proper noun

Matilda

  1. A female given name..
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book III, canto III, stanza 13:
      But wondrously begotten, and begonne / By false illusion of a guilefull Spright, / On a faire Ladie Nonne, that whilome hight / Matilda, daughter to Pubidius, […]
    • 1844 George Payne Rainsford James, Rose D'Albret, Or, Troublous Times, a Romance, Harper [1844) page 20:
      Countess of Laussitz - Matilda, too, by the mark! A good name, a marvellous good name, is not, Algernon? Musical, pretty, soft, smoothing, loveable. - - - many a fair prospect is spoiled by the mistake in the name. Call Matilda Joan, or Louisa Deborah, and you are ruined forever!
    • 1990 Alice Munro, Friend of My Youth.Stories, →ISBN, page 187:
      At one time Joan invented other names for her. 'Matilda' brought to mind dingy curtains, gray tent flaps, a slack-skinned old woman. How about Sharon? Lilliane? Elizabeth? Then, Joan didn't know how, the name Matilda became transformed. It started shining like silver. The "il" in it was silver. But not metallic. In Joan's mind the name gleamed now like a fold of satin.

Translations

Noun

Matilda (plural Matildas)

  1. (Britain, army, historical) Either of two British infantry tanks in use during World War II, the Infantry Tank Mark I or Infantry Tank Mark II.

Synonyms

  • (infantry tank): Matilda I, Matilda II

Faroese

Proper noun

Matilda f

  1. A female given name.

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Matilda: Matilduson
  • daughter of Matilda: Matildudóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Matilda
Accusative Matilda
Dative Matilda
Genitive Matildu

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɑtildɑ]
  • Hyphenation: Ma‧til‧da

Proper noun

Matilda

  1. A female given name., cognate to English Matilda.

Declension

Inflection of Matilda (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Matilda Matildat
genitive Matildan Matildojen
partitive Matildaa Matildoja
illative Matildaan Matildoihin
singular plural
nominative Matilda Matildat
accusative nom. Matilda Matildat
gen. Matildan
genitive Matildan Matildojen
Matildainrare
partitive Matildaa Matildoja
inessive Matildassa Matildoissa
elative Matildasta Matildoista
illative Matildaan Matildoihin
adessive Matildalla Matildoilla
ablative Matildalta Matildoilta
allative Matildalle Matildoille
essive Matildana Matildoina
translative Matildaksi Matildoiksi
instructive — Matildoin
abessive Matildatta Matildoitta
comitative — Matildoineen

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Old French Mathilde, from Old High German maht, meht (“might”) + hild, hilta (“battle”).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐˈtiɫ.dɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈt͡ʃiw.dɐ/

Proper noun

Matilda f

  1. A female given name, equivalent to English Matilda.

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmatiɫda/

Proper noun

Matilda f (genitive Matildy, nominative plural Matildy) declension pattern žena

  1. A female given name..

Declension

Further reading

  • Matilda in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Swedish

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Matilda c (genitive Matildas)

  1. A female given name., cognate to English Matilda.
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