Lilian
English
Alternative forms
- (the normal US spelling): Lillian
Etymology
Used since the sixteenth century, possibly originally a pet form of Elizabeth, but generally accepted as a variant of Late Latin lilium (“lily”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɪli.ən/
Proper noun
Lilian
- A female given name from Latin.
- 1830, Alfred Tennyson, Lilian:
- Airy, fairy Lilian, / Flitting, fairy Lilian, / When I ask her if she loves me, / Claps her tiny hands above me, / Laughing all she can.
- 2004, Willem Dijkstra, May You Live in Interesting Times, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 77:
- When it was my turn Roger told the crowd that my romanised second and third name, if written as one word in Pinyin, as is now the custom, was exactly like the English girl's name Lilian and he therefore proposed to leave it like that, Lilian being a very pretty name, he said.
Related terms
Translations
female given name
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Anagrams
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lilian/ [li.li.ãn]
- Rhymes: -ian
- Hyphenation: Li‧li‧an
Declension
Declension of Lilian (animate, ending in consonant)
indefinite | |
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absolutive | Lilian |
ergative | Lilianek |
dative | Liliani |
genitive | Lilianen |
comitative | Lilianekin |
causative | Lilianengatik |
benefactive | Lilianentzat |
instrumental | Lilianez |
inessive | Lilianengan |
locative | — |
allative | Lilianengana |
terminative | Lilianenganaino |
directive | Lilianenganantz |
destinative | Lilianenganako |
ablative | Lilianengandik |
partitive | Lilianik |
prolative | Liliantzat |
References
- “Lilian” in Euskal Onomastikaren Datutegia [Basque Onomastic Database], euskaltzaindia.eus
- Xarles Bidegain, Izendegia, 1999, Elkarlanean, Donostia, →ISBN, page 271
Danish
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /li.ljɑ̃/
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈliljan/ [ˈli.ljãn]
- Rhymes: -iljan
- Syllabification: Li‧lian
Swedish
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