Alexandre

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French Alexandre and Portuguese Alexandre.

Proper noun

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Alexandre

  1. A male given name from French or Portuguese, equivalent to English Alexander.

Anagrams

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Catalan

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Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Alexandre m

  1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexander
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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.lɛk.sɑ̃dʁ/
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Proper noun

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Alexandre m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander
  2. a surname originating as a patronymic

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Breton: Aleksandr, Alesant

Latin

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Proper noun

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Alexandre

  1. vocative singular of Alexander

Old English

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Proper noun

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Alexandre

  1. dative singular of Alexander

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros).

Proper noun

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Alexandre m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander
    • 1295, anonymous author, chapter 1, in [Crónica Xeral e Crónica de Castela]; republished as Ramón Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: Instituto de Estudios Ourensanos, 1975, page 464:
      Et ficou y este Bordim ata o tempo del papa terçeyro que ouue nume Ougenio, que foy depoys d'Alexandre, el quarto.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

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References

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Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Alexandre, from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros). Doublet of Alessandro and Alexander.

Cognate with Galician Alexandre.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Alexandre m (plural Alexandres)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander

Derived terms

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Descendants

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