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Charlie
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charlie
Translingual
frameless|upright=0.5 Charlie (mul Q9820 0) frameless Charlie (mul flag 0) frameless Charlie (mul time zone 0)
Alternative forms
mul charlie CHARLIE
Etymology
mul en Charlie.
Pronunciation
mul [ˈtʃali]; acceptable variant: [ˈʃali]DIN 5009:2022-06 Anhang B: Buchstabiertafel der ICAO („Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet“) Deutsches Institut für Normung June 2022
Noun
mul noun
mul Q9820 1 1 C
mul flag mul nautical Signal flag for the letter C.
mul time zone mul time zone UTC+03:00
Translations
the letter "C" in a national spelling alphabet
Bulgarian: bg Чарли
Czech: cs Cyril
English: en Charlie
Estonian: et Cicero
Finnish: fi celsius
Italian: it Como
Swedish: sv Cesar
Turkish: tr Ceyhan, tr Çanakkale For letter "ç"
References
English
Alternative forms
en Charley
noun en charley charlie
Pronunciation
en /ˈtʃɑɹli/ GA
en En-ca-Charlie.oga Canada
en ɑː(ɹ)li 2
Proper noun
s
en unisex.
en male Charles; also used as a formal given name.
1979 Charles Kuralt, Dateline America, Harcourt Brace Jovanocich, 0151239576, page 184:
Heaven only knows why a man with a strong biblical name like James wants to be a president named Jimmy. I'm certain that if he were called Charles, he wouldn't fool around that way. Charles is not so bad, but Charlie is a terrible burden to bear.
en Hannah Schoenbaum, Alanna Durkin Richer and Mark Sherman Conservative activist Charlie Kirk dies after being shot at Utah college event w:AP News https://apnews.com/article/charlie-kirk-conservative-activist-shot-546165a8151104e0938a5e085be1e8bd 2025-09-10 People were seen exiting a building on Utah Valley University after Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, was shot Wednesday at an event on campus. https://web.archive.org/web/20260910115510/https://apnews.com/article/charlie-kirk-conservative-activist-shot-546165a8151104e0938a5e085be1e8bd 10 September 2026
en female Charlotte,Charlene, also used as a formal given name, although less common than the male name.
en 2007 w:Sophie Hannah Hurting Distance 225 Hodder & Stoughton 9780340937907 'Can I call you Charlotte?''No. I hate the name, makes me sound like a Victorian aunt. I'm Charlie, and no, you can't call me that either.'
A name for a fox in fables and folk literature.
en 1857 Thomas Hughes Tom Brown's School Days [I]t is a land of large, rich pastures bounded by ox-fences, and covered with fine hedgerow timber, with here and there a nice little gorse or spinney, where abideth poor Charley, having no other cover to which to betake himself for miles and miles, when pushed out some fine November morning by the old Berkshire.
Synonyms
given name en Charley
diminutive of Charles en Chas, en Chuck
female given name en Charlee, en Charli, en Charleigh
Derived terms
en Charlie McCarthy cheap Charlie Mister Charlie Charli Charlee Charley Charlie rat Charleigh charley horse Charlie bar Charlie Brown tree CharlieCard Charlie Chaplin mustache Charlie Farnsbarns Charlie Foxtrot Charlie Noble Charlie Papa Charlieplex Charlieplexing creeping Charlie good-time Charlie Regulation Charlie Tail End Charlie Uncle Charlie Victor Charlie
Descendants
mul Charlie 1
kxd cali 1
is Tjalli 1
Translations
diminutive of Charles or its translations in other languages
Bulgarian: bg Ча́рли m
Czech: cs Kája
Finnish: fi Kalle
Marathi: mr चार्ली m
Navajo: nv Cháala
Persian: fa چارلی čârli
Russian: ru Ча́рли m
Spanish: es Carlito m
Swedish: sv Kalle, sv Kolle
diminutive of Charlotte or Charlene or its translations in other languages
Finnish: fi Karo
Swedish: sv Lotta, sv Carro
Noun
- s
en World War II era joint US/RAF radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter C.
en Victor Charlie, Viet Cong, or sometimes any enemy en military slang The Vietcong (Victor Charlie); en by extension sometimes any enemy.
en w:Steve Earle Copperhead Road (song) Copperhead Road 1988 I learned a thing or two from Charlie, don't you know? You better stay away from Copperhead Road.
en Cocaineen uncountable slang Cocaine.
en countable chiefly UK slang often with "right" and/or "proper" A fool.
You look a right Charlie in that clown outfit! — Yes, we make a right pair of Charlies.
en 2009 w:Ruth Rendell The Best Man To Die http://books.google.com.au/books?id=fWhwQb9dCbcC&pg=PA26&dq=%22right%7Cproper%7Csome%7Cany%7Ca+charlie%7Ccharlies%22+-intitle:%22charlie%22+-inauthor:%22charlie%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=g5UiT9WwM4WSiAedg7HOBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22right%7Cproper%7Csome%7Cany%7Ca%20charlie%7Ccharlies%22%20-intitle%3A%22charlie%22%20-inauthor%3A%22charlie%22&f=false 26 He looked a right Charlie in those tails and striped trousers.
en slang usually _ in the plural A woman's breast
en 1959 Michel del Castillo, tr. Humphry Hare The Billsticker There's not a man she won't go with. She lets even the small boys feel her charlies.
en 1975 Harlan Ellison No Doors, No Windows being turned on by a woman who was also a person and had stuff going for herself, and knowing that even if my Wurlitzer rotted and fell off, even if her Charlies sagged and turned to empty baggies, we'd still be buddies and craft companions
en 1986 John Hooker Jacob's Season 115 'Hullo, Jacob.' She grins at him over her counter as he eyes her charlies sticking through her sweater.
en archaic slang A nightwatchman.
A short, pointed beard, like that of King Charles I.
en the sons are adorned in the very height of the fashion, with white pantaloons, watch chains and Wellingtons, and a charley at their under lip Hampden in the 19th Century w:The Gentleman's Magazine 1834 295 https://archive.org/details/gentlemansmagaz266unkngoog/page/295/mode/1up? w:John Bowyer Nichols London
en Antiquities Falkland That square, short man... wearing a moustache and Charlie is William Laud [F&H]. 1861 J.W. Taylor 43
en This Cholly guy wants to do a brodie off the rattler. Lord Ballyrot in Slangland w:The Tacoma Times 1913 2158-4729
en blackjack The situation in some blackjack variants where a player wins automatically by showing a hand with the correct number of cards.
Synonyms
cocaine en snow
fool See fool
References
charlie, n.2 qalpw5q
en unisex given names
Cebuano
Etymology
From ceb en Charlie, diminutive of ceb Charles.
Proper noun
ceb proper noun
ceb male English
Swedish
Etymology
From sv en Charlie. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1872.
Pronunciation
sv /ˈɕɑːɭɪ/
Proper noun
c
sv male