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Frederick
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Frédérick
English
Etymology
From en de Friedrich, de Friederich and influenced by en la Friderīcus, la Frederīcus, from en goh Fridurih, from en frk *Friþurīk, from en gem-pro *Friþurīks, from gem-pro *friþuz<t:peace> *rīks<t:king, ruler> peace king, peaceful ruler 1.
Pronunciation
en /ˈfɹɛd(ə)ɹɪk/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Frederick.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en male Germanic languages.
: Act III, Scene I:
Have you not heard speak of Mariana, the sister of Frederick, the great soldier who miscarried at sea?
en 1892 Robert Grant The Reflections of a Married Man 98–99 Scribner When I referred to the confusion which would result from the presence in the house of two people with the same name, she tossed her head and said it would be easy to obviate that by calling me Frederick instead of Fred. - - - Imagine Harry Bolles and other kindred spirits calling me stiff, august Frederick! I vowed that this should not be brought to pass - - -
en.
en town co/Weld County s/Colorado.
en tiny city co/Rice County s/Kansas.
en city/county seat co/Frederick County s/Maryland c/USA. TopoZone: Frederick, Maryland
en ghost town co/Macomb County s/Michigan.
en unincorporated community co/Miami County s/Ohio c/USA.
en city/county seat co/Tillman County s/Oklahoma c/USA.
en town co/Brown County s/South Dakota.
Derived terms
en Frederician Frederick County Fredericksburg Fredericktonian Fredericktown Fredneck King Frederick VIII Land Point Frederick Prince Frederick
Related terms
pet forms: Fred, Freddie, Freddy, Erick
rare spellings: Frederic, Fredrick, Frideric
female given names: Frederica
en frith, en -ric
Translations
male given name
Albanian: sq Frederik
Arabic: ar فريدرش
Armenian: hy Ֆրիդրիխ
Basque: eu Frederiko
Belarusian: be Фрыдрых m
Bengali: bn ফ্রেডেরিক
Bulgarian: bg Фри́дрих m, bg Фре́дерик
Catalan: ca Frederic m
Chinese:
Cantonese: , yue 弗雷德里克 fat1 leui4 dak1 lei5 hak1
Mandarin: cmn 弗雷德里克 Fúléidélǐkè, cmn 腓特烈 Féitèliè rare for common people
Corsican: co Federicu m, co Federigu m, co Fredericu m
Czech: cs Bedřich m
Danish: da Frederik c
Dutch: nl Frederik m
Esperanto: eo Frederiko
Estonian: et Priit
Faroese: fo Fríðrikur m
Finnish: fi Veeti
French: fr Frédéric m
Friulian: fur Fidrì
Galician: gl Frederico m
German: de Friedrich m, de Friederich m
Greek: el Φρειδερίκος m, el Φρήντριχ m
Greenlandic: kl Fari
Hebrew: he פרידריך
Hungarian: hu Frigyes
Icelandic: is Friðrik m
Irish: ga Feardorcha m
Italian: it Federico m, it Federigo m, it Federico m, it Fedrico m
Japanese: ja フレデリック Furederikku
Korean: ko ^프리드리히
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb فریدریش
Latin: la Frederīcus m, la Friderīcus m
Latvian: lv Fridrihs m
Lithuanian: lt Frydrichas m
Low German:
German Low German: nds-de Frederik m
Middle Low German: gml Vrederik
Maltese: mt Federiku
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Fredrik m
Nynorsk: nn Fredrik m
Occitan: oc Frederic m
Persian: fa فردریک feredrik, fa فردریش feredriš
Polish: pl Fryderyk m
Portuguese: pt Frederico m
Romanian: ro Frederic
Russian: ru Фри́дрих m, ru Фре́дерик m
Scottish Gaelic: gd Freardorcha
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Фридрих
Latin: sh Fridrik
Sicilian: scn Fidiricu m
Slovak: sk Frederik m
Slovene: sl Friderik m
Spanish: es Federico m, es Fadrique m
Swedish: sv Fredrik c
Thai: th เฟรเดอริก
Ukrainian: uk Фрі́дріх m
Welsh: cy Ffredrig m
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