Ralph

ralph English Alternative forms en Rawle surname Etymology en :inh enm:Radulf<ety:inh<ang:Rǣdwulf>> 1 From en enm Radulf, from en ang Rǣdwulf (also as ang Raulf), from en gmw-pro *Rādawulf, from en gem-pro *Rēdawulfaz. Reinforced by similar forms brought to England, e.g. non Ráðúlfr, then in the Norman form fro Radulf, fro Radulph. For the sense relating to vomiting, see en ralph. Pronunciation en /ˈɹælf/ [ˈɹʷælf] en en-us-ralph.ogg US en ælf 1 en /ˈɹeɪ̯f/ [ˈɹʷeɪ̯f] older,UK en eɪf 1 en Ralph Proper noun en male Germanic languages. IV I There were none fine but Adam, Ralph, and Gregory: / The rest were ragged, old, and beggarly 1998 The Spectator, 7 March 1998, page 55 ("Dear Mary..."): Regarding the correct pronunciation, especially of the name Ralph: according to a friend at the BBC, the possibilities of this name - either aristocratic 'Rafe' or vulgar, almost Australasian 'Ralff' - lie in its potential for wilful mispronunciation against type. I saw him cast confusion into an over-confident studio guest by introducing him as 'Ralph Halpern Sir Rafe Halpern'. This was nothing to the consternation, almost disintegration of the personality, of the artistic, aloof actor brought on as 'Ralph Fiennes Rolf Fiennes' ('Fiennes', naturally, pronounced superbly). en patronymics. en slang Fictional person used in references to vomiting. en He's outside calling Ralph [i.e. vomiting]. en ucomm co/Harding County s/South Dakota c/USA. en ucomm co/Webster County s/West Virginia c/USA. Derived terms en Rawlinson Rawson hang a Ralph talk to Ralph on the big white telephone Translations male given name Arabic: ar رَالْف Bengali: bn র‌্যালফ Bulgarian: bg Ралф Catalan: ca Raül m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 拉爾夫 Lā'ěrfū Danish: da Ralf Esperanto: eo Rolfo Estonian: et Raul Finnish: fi Rauli French: fr Raoul Georgian: ka რალფი, ka რაული, ka რუდოლფი German: de Ralf Greek: el Ραλφ Hebrew: he רָאלְף ralf Italian: it Raul m Japanese: ja ラルフ rarufu Korean: ko 랄프 Latvian: lv Ralfs m Lithuanian: lt Ralfas Persian: fa رالف râlf Polish: pl Ralf m Portuguese: pt Raul Russian: ru Ральф Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ралф m Latin: sh Ralf m Spanish: es Raúl Swedish: sv Ralf, sv Rolf Thai: th ราล์ฟ râaf Ukrainian: uk Ральф Anagrams en ahlpr Prahl en spelling pronunciations Cebuano Etymology ceb en English, from ceb enm Radulf, from ceb ang Rǣdwulf (also as ang Raulf), from ceb gmw-pro *Rādawulf, from ceb gem-pro *Rēdawulfaz. Pronunciation Ralf ceb Ralph Proper noun + ceb male English < Germanic languages German Pronunciation de De-Ralph.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun de proper noun de male English a less common Ralf Tagalog Etymology tl en Ralph, from tl enm Radulf, from tl ang Rǣdwulf (also as ang Raulf), from tl gmw-pro *Rādawulf, from tl gem-pro *Rēdawulfaz. Pronunciation Ralf Proper noun + tl male English < Germanic languages