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Margot
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English
Alternative forms
en Margo
Etymology
en :bor fr:Margot + 1
Pronunciation
en /ˈmɑː.ɡəʊ/ RP
en /ˈmɑɹ.ɡoʊ/ GA
en ɑː(ɹ)ɡəʊ 2
Proper noun
en female French.
1998 Anne Tyler, A Patchwork Planet, A.A.Knopf Inc., page 3:
"I like names that end with an a, don't you? Or other vowels? Most often it seems to be an a. But wait: Margo's name ends with an o, for mercy's sake! Barnaby's mother. Or it used to be o. Then she met Barnaby's father and added a t."
Sophia looked at me. I told her, "Mom thought Margot with a t was higher class."
"First time I saw it written that way was on the wedding invitations," Gram said. "She brought them home from the printer's and I said, 'Who's this?' She said, 'That's me.' Well, I did try to accommodate. Her dad said it was stuff and nonsense, but I told Jeffrey the next time he came to call, 'Mar-gott will be down in a minute.' He laughed because he thought I was joking but I was serious. I honestly assumed people pronounced the t."
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
cs female
Declension
cs proper noun
Further reading
Danish
Etymology
From da fr Margot.
Proper noun
da proper noun c
da female
References
Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: ca. 1648 females with the given name Margot have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005. Accessed on March 20th, 2011.
Estonian
Etymology
From et fr Margot.
Proper noun
et proper noun
et female
French
Etymology
Diminutive of fr Marguerite -ot the French equivalent of en Margaret a diminutive suffix used with names.
Pronunciation
+ now chiefly Belgium margɔ
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-Margot.wav <<France>> (<<Toulouse>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Margot.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
Proper noun
f.
fr female
Derived terms
fr goton
References
MeilleursPrénoms, based on INSEE data: 33 465 females named Margot in France in 1900 - 2009, with the frequency peak in 1999. Accessed on March 29th, 2011.
German
de:
Etymology
de :bor fr:Margot
de fr Margot.
Pronunciation
de /ˈmaʁ.ɡɔt/ [ˈmaʁ-] [ˈmaɐ̯-] [ˈmaː-]
de De-Margot.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
f.gen:s:-[with an article]
de female
1961, Frederik Hetmann, Blues für Ari Loeb, Würzburg: Arena Verlag, 1968 (1961), page 227
de Zwischendurch, als Wolfgang und Hanno voll und ganz damit beschäftigt waren, ihre Meinungen über die neuesten Aufnahmen von Charlie Mingus auszutauschen, bahnte ich mir den Weg zu Margot hinüber, und wir fanden Zeit, eine Viertelstunde ungestört in dem ganzen Tohuwabohu von Gesprächsfetzen, Hintergrundmusik, Gelächter und Zurufen miteinander zu sprechen.
Norman
Proper noun
nrf proper noun f
nrf female
Derived terms
nrf Margotton
Norwegian
Etymology
From no fr Margot.
Proper noun
no female
References
Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 1438 females with the given name Margot living in Norway on January 1st 2011. Accessed on March 29th 2011.
Swedish
Etymology
From sv fr Margot. First recorded in Sweden in 1804.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Margot.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female
References
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0
Statistiska centralbyrån: 4756 females with the given name Margot living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010. Accessed on March 29th, 2011.