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Ethan
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ethan ethän
English
Etymology
From en hbo אֵיתָן ʾêṯān firmness, strong, or long-lived.
Pronunciation
en /ˈiːθən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ethan.wav Southern England
en En-midwest-pancake-ethan.ogg GA
en iːθən 2
Proper noun
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en male Hebrew, of mostly American usage since the 18th century; popular in the 2000s.
1 Kings 4 31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
en 1889 John Langdon Heaton The Story of Vermont: p.90 There have been Ethan Allen mills, Ethan Allen stock companies, Ethan Allen fire companies and Ethan Allen streets. The name of the daring partisan leader has been used in Vermont much as that of Washington throughout the Union.
en 2001 w:Anne Tyler Alfred A. Knopf Back When We Were Grownups 0375412530 88 They would have named him something dignified: Ethan, or Tristram. Something that couldn't easily be shortened.
en Vittoria Elliott The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover WIRED (magazine) WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-government-young-engineers/ 2025-02-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20250202191023/https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-government-young-engineers/ 2025-02-02 The engineers are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.
en town s/South Dakota c/USA.
Derived terms
en EClaire
Translations
male given name
Armenian: hy Եթան
Bengali: bn ইথান
Czech: cs Ejtan m
Dutch: nl Ethan
French: fr Éthan
Gujarati: gu ઈથન
Hebrew: he אֵיתָן m Ētán
Hindi: hi ईथन
Hungarian: hu Étán
Italian: it Ethan
Japanese: ja イーサン Īsan
Latvian: lv Ētans m
Lithuanian: lt Etanas m
Malayalam: ml ഈതൻ
Marathi: mr ईथन m
Polish: pl Etan m-pr
Punjabi: pa ਈਥਨ
Romanian: ro Etan
Russian: ru Е́фан m, ru Еѳанъ m pre-reform
Slovak: sk Étán
Tamil: ta ஈத்தன்
See also
en Ethanim
Anagrams
en aehnt Anthe Nathe 'neath neath Thane thane Ethna Aneth Neath Tehan Thean ahent
German
thumb|Ethan
Alternative forms
de Äthan
Etymology
From de eth an.
Pronunciation
de De-Ethan.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de aːn 2
Noun
n.sg
de chemistry technical ethane (aliphatic hydrocarbon, C2H6)
Declension
n.sg
Hypernyms
de Alkan
Coordinate terms
de Methan, de Propan, de Butan, de Pentan
Related terms
de Ethanol, de Ethanal, de Ethanon
Further reading
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