Bonifacio

See also: Bonifácio and Bônifaciô

English

Etymology

From Italian Bonifacio, from Late Latin Bonifātius, named after Boniface II of Tuscany. Doublet of Boniface.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌboʊniˈfɑːʃoʊ/, enPR: bō'nē-fäʹchō
  • (UK) IPA(key): /bəʊniːˈfɑːtʃəʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːtʃəʊ

Proper noun

Bonifacio

  1. A city and commune of the Corse-du-Sud department, Corsica, France.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Bonifacio, from Late Latin Bonifātius, named after Boniface II of Tuscany. Doublet of Boniface.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔ.ni.fa.sjo/
  • Rhymes: -o

Proper noun

Bonifacio m

  1. Bonifacio (a city and commune of Corse-du-Sud, Corsica)

Derived terms

  • bonifacien; Bonifacien m, Bonifacienne f
  • Bouches de Bonifacio f pl

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin Bonifātius (literally the one with a good fate). The city was named named after Boniface II of Tuscany (?–838).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bo.niˈfa.t͡ʃo/
  • Rhymes: -atʃo
  • Hyphenation: Bo‧ni‧fà‧cio

Proper noun

Bonifacio m

  1. (masculine) a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Boniface
  2. (feminine) Bonifacio (a city and commune of the Corse-du-Sud department, Corsica)

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Anagrams

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /boniˈfaθjo/ [bo.niˈfa.θjo]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /boniˈfasjo/ [bo.niˈfa.sjo]
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -aθjo
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -asjo
  • Syllabification: Bo‧ni‧fa‧cio

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin Bonifātius (literally the one with a good fate).

Proper noun

Bonifacio m

  1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Boniface

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian Bonifacio, from Late Latin Bonifātius, named after Boniface II of Tuscany.

Proper noun

Bonifacio f

  1. Bonifacio (a city and commune of the Corse-du-Sud department, Corsica)
Derived terms

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Bonifacio, from Late Latin Bonifātius (literally the one with a good fate).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /boniˈfasjo/ [bo.nɪˈfa.ʃo]
    • IPA(key): (more native-sounding) /boniˈpasjo/ [bo.nɪˈpa.ʃo]
  • Rhymes: -asjo
  • Syllabification: Bo‧ni‧fac‧io

Proper noun

Bonifacio (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜈᜒᜉᜐ᜔ᜌᜓ)

  1. a surname from Spanish [in turn transferred from the given name]
  2. Andrés Bonifacio (1863–1897, Filipino revolutionary and politician)
  3. (usually dated) a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Boniface
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