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Elisabet
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Catalan
Proper noun
f
Elizabeth
Cebuano
Etymology
Cebuanized form ceb Elizabeth.
Proper noun
ceb proper noun
ceb biblical character the mother of John the Baptist
ceb biblical character Elisheba, the wife of Aaron
ceb female Hebrew
Usage notes
Often used to replace ceb Isabel in US printed bibles.
ceb female given names from English
Dutch
nl:
Proper noun
f
nl Elisabeth
nl Biblical characters
Estonian
Proper noun
et proper noun
et female
Related terms
et Eliisabet, et Eliise, et Elis, et Elisabeth, et Lii, et Liis, et Liisa, et Liisbet, et Liisi
Faroese
Proper noun
fo proper noun f
fo female
Usage notes
f Elisabetarson Elisabetardóttir
Declension
Elisabet Elisabet Elisabet Elisabetar
Finnish
Etymology
From fi sv Elisabet, equivalent to en Elizabeth, ultimately from fi grc Ἐλισάβετ, from fi hbo אֱלִישֶׁבַע ʾĕlîšeḇaʿ my God is an oath.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi biblical Elizabeth mother of John the Baptist
fi 1776 The Holy Bible Luke 1:5 Herodeksen, Juudean kuninkaan, aikana oli pappi, Sakarias nimeltä, Abian vuorosta; ja hänen emäntänsä Aaronin tyttäristä, ja hänen nimensä Elisabet. There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
fi female
fi 1941 w:Helvi Hämäläinen Säädyllinen murhenäytelmä WSOY (2007) 978-951-0-32851-4 182 —Sinun ei pidä ajatella sitä, Elisabet, sanoi hän,—Elisabet sanassa oli vadelmatäytteisen karamellin maku— —You should not think about it, Elisabet, he said. —The word Elisabet has a taste like that of raspberry sweets—
Usage notes
This form does not fit Finnish phonology well, and so it is rarely given it as a first name, though it is common enough as a middle name. The most common vernacular form is fi Liisa.
Declension
Elisabet a 0
Related terms
fi Eliisa, fi Elisa, fi Eliisabet, fi Elli, fi Elsa, fi Else, fi Elsi, fi Liisa, fi Liisi, fi Lilli
Statistics
dvv_20250813 475 24905 601 1
References
fi Biblical characters
Norwegian
Proper noun
no proper noun
Elizabeth biblical character
no female, usually spelled Elisabeth
no Biblical characters
Portuguese
Proper noun
f
pt female; pt Elisabete
Spanish
Pronunciation
+ Elísabet<qq:anglicized stress>
Proper noun
f
Elizabeth biblical character
es female
Swedish
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Elisabet.wav
Proper noun
c
Elizabeth biblical character
sv female, also spelled Elisabeth
Usage notes
Popular as a middle name.
Related terms
sv Elise, sv Elly, sv Elsa, sv Elsie, sv Elsy, sv Isabella, sv Isabelle, sv Lilly, sv Lisa, sv Lisbet, sv Lisbeth, sv Liselott, sv Liselotte
References
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0
Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 151 080 females with the given name Elisabet (compared to 201 328 named Elisabeth) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 19th century. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
sv Biblical characters