Ernest

See also: ernest

English

Etymology

Borrowed in the 18th century from Ernst, a medieval royal name in Germany, from Old High German ernust (vigor, strife), only remotely related to modern German ernst or English earnest.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɜː(ɹ)nɪst/
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  • Homophones: Earnest, earnest

Proper noun

Ernest

  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages; popular in the 19th century.
    • 1895, Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest [] , [Act I]:
      GWENDOLEN. [] and my ideal has always been to love someone of the name of Ernest. There is something in that name that inspires absolute confidence.
    • 1980, P. D. James, Innocent Blood:
      "What's his name, your boyfriend?" "Ernest. Ernest Hemingway." The name was received in disparaging silence. Marlene said: "You wouldn't get me going out with a feller called Ernest. My granddad was Ernest."
  2. A surname.

Translations

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ernst, a medieval royal name in Germany, from Old High German ernust (vigor, strife).

Proper noun

Ernest m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ernest

French

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ernst.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛʁ.nɛst/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Ernest m

  1. a male given name

Anagrams

Norman

Etymology

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Proper noun

Ernest m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ernest

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ernst, from Middle High German ernest, from Old High German ernust, from Proto-Germanic *ernustuz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛr.nɛst/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛrnɛst
  • Syllabification: Er‧nest

Proper noun

Ernest m pers (female equivalent Ernestyna, diminutive Erneścik)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ernest

Declension

Further reading

  • Ernest in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛrnɛst/

Proper noun

Ernest m anim (genitive singular Ernesta, nominative plural Ernestovia, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. a male given name

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Ernest”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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