Melchior

melchior English Etymology From en la Melchior, from en he מלכיאור king of light, from he מלך king + he אור light. Pronunciation en /ˈmɛl.ki.ɔː(ɹ)/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Melchior.wav Southern England Proper noun One of the Magi according to medieval Christian legend. rather rare en male Hebrew. en 1991 w:Angela Carter Wise Children Chatto & Windus 0701133546 16 So twin boys, our fathers, were born in the USA. Melchior and Peregrine. What names, eh? What delusions of grandeur went into the naming of them? If you shorten them to 'Mel' and 'Perry', they've got a democratically twentieth-century and transatlantic ring to them. Translations one of the Magi Albanian: sq Melkiór m, sq Melkióri m, sq Melhiór m, sq Melhióri m Armenian: hy Մելքոն Bulgarian: bg Мелхиор m Catalan: ca Melcior French: fr Melchior m Galician: gl Melchor m Hungarian: hu Menyhért Italian: it Melchiorre m Occitan: oc Melquiòr m Polish: pl Melchior m Portuguese: pt Belchior Russian: ru Мельхио́р Sicilian: scn Mirchiorri m Spanish: es Melchor m male given name Albanian: sq Melkiór m, sq Melkióri m, sq Melhiór m, sq Melhióri m Bulgarian: bg Мелхиор m French: fr Melchior m Galician: gl Melchor m German: de Melchior Italian: it Melchiorre m Polish: pl Melchior m Sicilian: scn Mirchiorri m Spanish: es Melchor m Swedish: sv Melker Noun A very large wine bottle (named after the King) with the capacity of about 18 liters, equivalent to 24 standard bottles. en Solomon Translations wine bottle of 18 litres Bulgarian: bg Мелхиор m en Wine bottles German Pronunciation de De-Melchior.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun de proper noun de male Melchior Proper noun surname de given names Polish pl: Alternative forms pl Majcher Kujawy Pronunciation Proper noun m-pr pl male Declension Further reading