Grace
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English
[edit]
Etymology
[edit]From the noun grace, first used by Puritans in the 16th century. In Roman Catholic use it may refer to Our Lady of Graces, cognate with Italian Grazia.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Grace (countable and uncountable, plural Graces)
- (countable) A female given name from English.
- 1648, Robert Herrick, Hesperides:
- To The Handsome Mistress Grace Potter: As is your name, so is your comely face / Touch'd everywhere with such a diffused grace /
- 1839, George William MacArthur Reynolds, Grace Darling, or the Heroine of the Fern Islands, page 24:
- Grace does not belie her name; for she is indeed a sweet girl, modest and unassuming, and appearing to be unconscious of having done anything great or noble. - OBSERVER, Dec.16, 1838.
- 1965 Naomi Long Madgett: Her Story, Star By Star, Harlo Press :
- They named me Grace and waited for a light and agile dancer. / But some trick of genes mixed me up / And instead I turned out big and black and burly.
- 2002 June, Deborah Paul, “Amazing Grace”, in Indianapolis Monthly, page 249:
- Had I given birth to a daughter of my own, I'd like to have called her Grace, a classic and poetic name, one that illuminates a person of dignity and poise.
- (countable) A surname.
- A placename in the United States:
- A minor city in Caribou County, Idaho.
- An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
- A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Issaquena County, Mississippi.
- An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Missouri
- An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Silver Bow County, Montana.
- An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia.
Translations
[edit]female given name
|
Anagrams
[edit]Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Grace
- a female given name from English
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾejs/ [ˈɡɾeɪ̯s]
- Rhymes: -ejs
Proper noun
[edit]Grace (Baybayin spelling ᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜌ᜔ᜐ᜔)
- a female given name from English
Categories:
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/eɪs
- Rhymes:English/eɪs/1 syllable
- English terms with homophones
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English given names
- English female given names
- English female given names from English
- English terms with quotations
- English surnames
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Cities in Idaho, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:Places in Idaho, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Kentucky, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Kentucky, USA
- en:Census-designated places in Mississippi, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- en:Unincorporated communities in Mississippi, USA
- en:Places in Mississippi, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Missouri, USA
- en:Places in Missouri, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Montana, USA
- en:Places in Montana, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in West Virginia, USA
- en:Places in West Virginia, USA
- Cebuano terms borrowed from English
- Cebuano terms derived from English
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano proper nouns
- Cebuano terms spelled with C
- Cebuano given names
- Cebuano female given names
- Cebuano female given names from English
- Tagalog terms borrowed from English
- Tagalog terms derived from English
- Tagalog 1-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ejs
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ejs/1 syllable
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog proper nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog terms spelled with C
- Tagalog given names
- Tagalog female given names
- Tagalog female given names from English