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Sylvester
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sylvester
English
<dab>
Etymology
en ine-pro *swel-
Borrowed from en la sylvester woody, rural, of or living in a forest from la silva wood; name of a saint whose feast day falls on December 31.
Pronunciation
en /sɪlˈvɛstɚ/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sylvester.wav Southern England
en ɛstə(ɹ) 3
Proper noun
en male Latin used in English since the sixteenth century.
en.
en community co/Pictou County p/Nova Scotia c/Canada.
en city/county seat co/Worth County s/Georgia c/USA.
en unincorporated community co/Fisher County s/Texas c/USA.
en small town co/Boone County s/West Virginia c/USA.
en town co/Green County s/Wisconsin c/USA.
Derived terms
en Sylvester equation
en Sylvester-Gallai theorem
en Sylvester's criterion
en Sylvester's formula
en Sylvester's theorem
Related terms
en Sylvestrine
en sylph
en sylvan see for more terms
en Silvia, en Sylvia
Translations
male given name
Arabic: ar سيلفستر m
Catalan: ca Silvestre m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 西爾維斯特 Xīěrwéisītè, Hong Kong cmn 蕭韋斯特 Xiāowéisītè
Czech: cs Silvestr m
Esperanto: eo Silvestro
Estonian: et Silver
Franco-Provençal: frp Savétro
French: fr Sylvestre m
German: de Silvester m
Greek: el Συλβέστρος m
Hebrew: he סִילְבֶסְטֶר m silvéster foreign
Hungarian: hu Szilveszter
Japanese: ja シルヴェスター Shiruvesutā
Occitan: oc Silvèstre m, oc Sauvestre m, oc Salvèstre m
Polish: pl Sylwester m
Portuguese: pt Silvestre m
Russian: ru Сильве́стр m
Spanish: es Silvestre
West Flemish: vls Silvester m
Finnish
Etymology
From fi la sylvester wooded.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi rare _ as a first name fi male
Declension
0 Sylvester ä
Statistics
dvv_20250813 50 525 6
References
German
Pronunciation
de De-Sylvester.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de ɛstɐ 3
Proper noun
de proper noun
de Silvester