Lancelot

• Launcelot

From Middle English Launcelot, from Old French Lancelot, from Frankish *Lanzo, hypocoristic form of names beginning in *Land-, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”), and diminutive Old French endings -el and -ot.

Related to Old English Landbeorht (modern English Lambert).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæn.sə.lɒt/, /ˈlɑːn.sə.lɒt/

Lancelot (countable and uncountable, plural Lancelots)

1. (Arthurian legend) One of the Knights of the Round Table, a lover of Guinevere.
2. A male given name from the Germanic languages.

   Synonym: Lance

   • 1921, P.G.Wodehouse, Indiscretions of Archie, page 162:

     "What's the first name?" - - -
     "I have a horrible feeling that it's Lancelot!"
     "Good God!" said Archie.
     "It couldn't really be that, could it?"
     Archie looked grave. He hated to give pain, but he felt he must be honest.
     "It might," he said. "People give their children all sorts of rummy names. My second name's Tracy. And I have a pal in England who was christened Cuthbert De la Hay Horace. Fortunately everyone calls him Stinker."

3. A surname.
4. A ghost town in the Mid North region, South Australia, Australia.

• call note

Borrowed from Old French Lancelot.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [lən.səˈlɔt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [lan.seˈlɔt]

Lancelot m

1. (Arthurian legend) Lancelot

From English Lancelot, from Old French Lancelot, from Frankish *Lanzo, pet name for male names beginning in *Land-, and Old French diminutive endings -el and -ot.

Lancelot

1. (Arthurian legend) Lancelot
2. a male given name from English

Borrowed from Middle French Lancelot.

• IPA^(key): /lɑ̃.slo/

Lancelot m

1. (Arthurian legend) Lancelot
2. a male given name from Middle French, equivalent to English Lancelot

• lãcelot (manuscript form)
• lancelot (manuscript form)

From Old French Lancelot.

Lancelot

1. (Arthurian legend) Lancelot

From Frankish *Lanzo, hypocoristic form of names beginning in *Land-, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”), and diminutive Old French endings -el and -ot.

Cognate with Old English Landbeorht (modern English Lambert).

Lancelot m (nominative singular Lanceloz)

1. (Arthurian legend) Lancelot