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Josephine
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Joséphine
English
Alternative forms
en Jo Joe
Etymology 1
From en fr Joséphine, diminutive of fr Josèphe, feminine form of fr Joseph. en Joseph -ine<id:female>. Popularized in English by Josephine Bonaparte, the empress of Napoleonic France.
Pronunciation
en /ˈd͡ʒəʊ.zə.fiːn/ /ˈd͡ʒəʊ.sə.fiːn/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Josephine.wav Southern England
en /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.sə.fiːn/ /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.zə.fiːn/ GA
Proper noun
en female French.
3 "I hate my name, too, so sentimental! I wish every one would say Jo instead of Josephine. How did you make the boys stop calling you Dora?”
en 1998 w:Steven Herrick A Place Like This Univ. of Queensland Press 0702229849 86 I'm going to call him Josephor Josephine if it's a girl.Why?Because it's a strong name,Joe, Joseph.
Derived terms
en brosephine Josephine County josephinite
Translations
feminine form of Joseph
Albanian: sq Jozefinë
Danish: da Josefine, da Josephine
Finnish: fi Josefiina
French: fr Joséphine
Galician: gl Xosefa, gl Xosefina
German: de Josefine, de Josephine
Icelandic: is Jósefína f
Irish: ga Seosaimhín
Italian: it Giuseppina
Norwegian: no Josefine
Polish: pl Józefina f
Portuguese: pt Josefina f
Romanian: ro Iosefina f
Russian: ru Жозефи́на f Žozɛfína cognate, ru Джо́зефин f Džózɛfin transliteration
Slovak: sk Jozefína f
Spanish: es Josefa, es Josefina
Swedish: sv Josefin, sv Josefina, sv Josefine
Etymology 2
en :af Joseph -ine + 1
Pronunciation
en /ˈdʒəʊ.zə.fiːn/ /ˈdʒəʊ.zə.fʌɪn/ UK
Adjective
-
Pertaining to Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
en 2013 w:Simon Winder Danubia 266 Picador 2014 In the 1780s however these were just a couple of strands in the mayhem of Josephine reform, with decrees streaming out of the Hofburg […] at an astounding rate.
Derived terms
en Josephinism
en eponyms
Danish
Alternative forms
da Josefine
Proper noun
da proper noun
da female of da fr - origin
Dutch
Pronunciation
nl Nl-Josephine.ogg
Proper noun
f
nl female
Related terms
nl Josefa
nl Josefien
nl Josepha
nl Josephien
nl Jozefien
German
Alternative forms
de Josefine
Proper noun
de proper noun f genitive Josephines or Josephine
de female French