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Ernest
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ernest
English
Etymology
en ine-pro *h₃er-
Borrowed in the 18th century from de Ernst, a medieval royal name in Germany, from en goh ernust vigor, strife, only remotely related to modern de ernst or en earnest.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɜː(ɹ)nɪst/ UK
en en-us-earnest.ogg US
en Earnest earnest
Proper noun
en male Germanic languages; popular in the 19th century.
I GWENDOLEN. and my ideal has always been to love someone of the name of Ernest. There is something in that name that inspires absolute confidence.
en 1980 P. D. James Innocent Blood "What's his name, your boyfriend?" "Ernest. Ernest Hemingway." The name was received in disparaging silence. Marlene said: "You wouldn't get me going out with a feller called Ernest. My granddad was Ernest."
en Shellie Murdaugh Man found not guilty of former Hardeeville fire chief's murder w:Bluffton Today https://www.blufftontoday.com/story/news/2021/06/04/man-found-not-guilty-former-hardeeville-fire-chiefs-murder/7510076002/ 2021-06-04 Devon Dunham of Hardeeville was found not guilty of murder in the shooting death of 77-year-old Ernest Stevens after a two-day trial May 25-27, the 14th Circuit Solicitor's Office said. https://web.archive.org/web/20210730061223/https://www.blufftontoday.com/story/news/2021/06/04/man-found-not-guilty-former-hardeeville-fire-chiefs-murder/7510076002/
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Related terms
pet form: Ernie
female given name: Ernestine
Translations
given name
Bengali: bn আর্নেস্ট
Bulgarian: bg Eрне́ст m
Carpathian Rusyn: rue Ерне́ст m
Catalan: ca Ernest m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 歐內斯特 Ōunèisītè
Czech: cs Arnošt m
Danish: da Ernst
Dutch: nl Ernst
Esperanto: eo Ernesto
Finnish: fi Ernesti, fi Erno
French: fr Ernest
Galician: gl Ernesto m
German: de Ernst
Greek: el Ερνέστος
Hungarian: hu Ernő
Irish: ga Earnán
Italian: it Ernesto
Latin: la Ernestus m
Latvian: lv Ernests
Lithuanian: lt Ernestas
Marathi: mr अर्नेस्ट m
Norwegian: no Ernst
Polish: pl Ernest m
Portuguese: pt Ernesto m
Romanian: ro Ernest m
Russian: ru Эрне́ст m Ernɛ́st, ru Эрнст m
Spanish: es Ernesto
Swedish: sv Ernst
Anagrams
en eenrst renest Enters enters ternes nester treens strene Teners tenser resent sterne Sterne Treens Senter rentes entres
Albanian
Proper noun
m
sq male
Catalan
Etymology
ca de Ernst, a medieval royal name in Germany, from ca goh ernust vigor, strife.
Proper noun
m
ca male Ernest
French
Etymology
fr :bor de:Ernst
fr de Ernst.
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-Ernest.wav <<France>> (<<Toulouse>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Ernest.wav France
Proper noun
m
fr male
Anagrams
fr entres, fr entrés
fr rentes, fr rentés
fr sterne
fr ternes
Norman
Etymology
nrf
Proper noun
nrf proper noun m
nrf male Ernest
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl de Ernst, from pl gmh ernest, from pl goh ernust, from pl gem-pro *ernustuz.
Pronunciation
Pl-Ernest.ogg
Proper noun
m-pr Erneścik Ernestyna
pl male Ernest
Declension
Ernestowie
Further reading
Slovak
Etymology
sk
Pronunciation
erNest
Proper noun
m-pr Erno,Ero,Erino,Ernesko,Erinko,Erko
sk male
Declension
m-pr name
Further reading