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Beatrice
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Béatrice
English
Alternative forms
en Beats
Etymology
Either 1) from the en la Beatrix, name of early Christian saints, from la beatrix she who makes happy, or 2) from la beata, influenced by la viātrīx viatrix (“female wayfarer, traveller”).
Pronunciation
en /ˈbɪətɹɪs/ /ˈbiːətɹɪs/ similarly common /ˈbiːtɹɪs/ uncommon RP
en /ˈbiətɹɪs/ /biˈætrɪs/ the name the city in Nebraska GA
en /beɐˈtɹɪs/ Philippines
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Beatrice.wav Southern England /ˈbiːətɹɪs/
Proper noun
en female Latin.
II:Scene II:
I, with your two helps, will so practise on Benedick that, in despite of his quick wit and his queasy stomach, he shall fall in love with Beatrice.
en 1797 w:William Roscoe The Life of Lorenzo di Medici II London Petrarca had his Laura, and Dante his Beatrice, but Lorenzo has studiously concealed the name of the sovereign of his affections.
en 2001 w:Anne Tyler Alfred A. Knopf Back When We Were Grownups 0375412530 132 "Seventeen years old - a senior in high school. Beatrice, her name is."Beatrice! Rebecca was struck dumb with admiration. Beatrice would be a female version of Tristram. Rebecca pictured her in a modest muslin dress from the nineteeth century, although she knew that was unlikely.
en city/county seat co/Gage County s/Nebraska c/USA.
Usage notes
Used in the Middle Ages and once again popular around 1900.
Translations
female given name
Catalan: ca Beatriu f
Dutch: nl Beatrijs, nl Beatrix
Esperanto: eo Beatrica
French: fr Béatrice f
Middle French: frm Beatris f
German: de Beatrix f
Greek: el Βεατρίκη f
Italian: it Beatrice f
Latin: la Beātrīx f
Latvian: lv Beatrise f
Polish: pl Beata f
Portuguese: pt Beatriz f
Russian: ru Беатри́са f, ru Беатри́с f
Scottish Gaelic: gd Beitris f
Spanish: es Beatriz f
Swedish: sv Beatrice
Welsh: cy Betrys f
German
Pronunciation
de De-Beatrice.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun
de female Italian and English Beatrix
Italian
it:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
it female Beatrice
Anagrams
it abceeirt berciate
Latin
Proper noun
la proper noun form Beātrīce
la Beātrīx abl s
Romanian
Pronunciation
ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Beatrice.wav
Proper noun
f
ro female Beatrice
Swedish
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Beatrice.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female of sv la - origin, used since the 19th century