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Cyril
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English
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Etymology
Via en la-lat Cȳrillus, from en grc Κύριλλος, from grc κύριος lord, master.
Pronunciation
sĭr-əl en /ˈsɪɹəl/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cyril.wav Southern England
sīr-əl en /ˈsaɪɹəl/ Philippines,colloquial
en ɪɹəl aɪɹəl 2 Philippines
Proper noun
en male Ancient Greek; best known for a ninth century missionary to the Slavs.
en 1954 w:P. G. Wodehouse Over Seventy: An Autobiography with Digressions Herbert Jenkins 1957 35 Boxers, too, not so long ago a somewhat uncouth section of the community who were seldom if ever mistaken for members of the Vere de Vere family, have taken on a polish which makes their society a pleasure. They have names like Cyril and Percy and Clarence and live up to them.
en Sarah Dean and David McKenzie Jacob Zuma has made a dramatic comeback in South Africa’s elections. Will he have the last laugh over Ramaphosa? w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/05/africa/jacob-zuma-comeback-south-africa-elections-intl 2024-06-05 Zuma – a fierce critic of current ANC leader and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa – was forced to resign as president in 2018 and has been looking for political revenge ever since. https://web.archive.org/web/20240828010413/https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/05/africa/jacob-zuma-comeback-south-africa-elections-intl/
Derived terms
en Cyrillic
en JCB
Descendants
ceb Cyril 1
ja シリル Shiriru 1
ko ^시릴 1
Translations
male given name
Akkadian: akk 𒆪𒊒𒅋𒇻𒇒𒋢 ku-ru-il-lu-su
Arabic: ar كِيرُلُس m kirulus, ar كِيرِيل kiril, ar سِيرِيل siril
Armenian: hy Կյուրեղ
Belarusian: be Кіры́л m
Bulgarian: bg Ки́рил m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 西里爾 Xīlǐ'ěr, cmn 基里爾 Jīlǐ'ěr, cmn 濟利祿 Jìlìlù Catholic
Coptic: cop ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲗⲗⲟⲥ m
Corsican: co Cirillu m
Czech: cs Cyril m
Dutch: nl Cyriel m
French: fr Cyrille, fr Cyril
Georgian: ka კირილე
Greek: el Κύριλλος m
Hungarian: hu Cirill
Ingrian: izh Kirila
Italian: it Cirillo m
Japanese: ja キリル Kiriru, ja シリル Shiriru
Korean: ko ^키릴, ko ^시릴
Latvian: lv Kirils m
Lithuanian: lt Kirilas m
Macedonian: mk Кирил m
Maltese: mt Ċirillu m
Old Nubian: onw ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲗⲗⲟⲥ
Polish: pl Cyryl m
Portuguese: pt Cirilo m
Romanian: ro Chiril m
Russian: ru Кири́лл m, ru Си́рил m
Sami:
Skolt Sami: sms Ǩiurrâl
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Кирил m
Latin: sh Kiril m
Sicilian: scn Ciriḍḍu m
Slovak: sk Cyril m
Spanish: es Cirilo m
Ukrainian: uk Кири́ло m
Kirill
See also
en Cyrillus Cyryl Kiril Kirill Kiryl Kyrill Kyril Kyrylo
Anagrams
en cilry Lyric lyric
Cebuano
Etymology
From ceb en Cyril, from ceb la-lat Cȳrillus, from ceb grc Κύριλλος, from grc κύριος.
Pronunciation
ceb Cy ril
Sairil colloquial,nonstandard
Proper noun
ceb male English < Ancient Greek Cyril
Czech
cs:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-an
cs male Ancient Greek Cyril
Declension
m.an.surname
French
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Arthur Crbz-Cyril.wav
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-Cyril.wav <<France>> (<<Toulouse>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Cyril.wav France
Proper noun
m
fr male Ancient Greek Cyrille
Slovak
Etymology
sk :der grc:Κύριλλος + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-pr Cyrilko
sk male Ancient Greek Cyril
Declension
m-pr name
Derived terms
sk Cyro Cyrko Cyruško
Further reading