Edgar

Edgar

See also: EDGAR and Édgar

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Eagar

Etymology

From Old English Ēadgār, the name of early English kings, from Old English ēad (“rich”) + gār (“spear”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛdɡɚ/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Proper noun

Edgar

1. A male given name from Old English.
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene i]:

     What? did my father's godson seek your life? He whom my father nam'd? your Edgar?

   • 2000, Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin, Random House, →ISBN, page 62:

     My father was the eldest of three sons, each of whom was given Adelia's idea of a high-toned name: Norval and Edgar and Percival, Arthurian revival with a hint of Wagner.

2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A township and unincorporatedcommunity therein, in Edgar County, Illinois.
   2. A minor city and township in Clay County, Nebraska.
   3. An unincorporatedcommunity in Jackson County, West Virginia.
   4. A village in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
4. A community in Oro-Medonte, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.

Derived terms

• Edgar County
• Edgartown

Translations

male given name

Armenian: Էդգար (Ēdgar) Bengali: এডগর (eḍôgôrô) Dutch: Edgar (nl) m Estonian: Edgar French: Edgar (fr) m German: Edgar Greek: Έντγκαρ n (Éntgkar) Icelandic: Edgar (is) m Italian: Edgardo (it) Latin: Edgarus m Latvian: Edgars m Norwegian: Edgar Polish: Edgar (pl) m Portuguese: Édgar m, Edgar m, Edgardo m Spanish: Edgardo (es), Édgar m Swedish: Edgar (sv)

Further reading

• Edgar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Edgar (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Adger, Degar, Gerda, garde, grade, radge, raged

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English Edgar, from Old English. Also from Edgardo.

Proper noun

Edgar

1. a male given name from Old English

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Edgar.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English Edgar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛt.xɑr/, /ˈɛt.ɡɑr/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Ed‧gar

Proper noun

Edgar m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Edgar

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Estonian

Proper noun

Edgar

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Edgar

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛd.ɡaʁ/

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Edgar m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Edgar

Anagrams

• égard
• garde, gardé

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛt.ɡaːɐ̯/, [ˈʔɛt.ɡ̊aːɐ̯]
• Hyphenation: Ed‧gar

Proper noun

Edgar m (proper noun, strong, genitive Edgars or Edgar, plural Edgars)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Edgar

Declension

Declension of Edgar [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Edgar	die	Edgars
genitive	eines	des	Edgars, Edgar	der	Edgars
dative	einem	dem	Edgar	den	Edgars
accusative	einen	den	Edgar	die	Edgars

References

• “Edgar” in Duden online

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Edgar

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Edgar

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Édgar, Edgardo

Etymology

Borrowed from English Edgar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ed͡ʒˈɡaʁ/ [ed͡ʒˈɡah], /e.d͡ʒiˈɡaʁ/ [e.d͡ʒiˈɡah], /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡaʁ/ [ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡah], /ˈɛ.d͡ʒi.ɡaʁ/ [ˈɛ.d͡ʒi.ɡah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ed͡ʒˈɡaʁ/ [ed͡ʒˈɡah], /e.d͡ʒiˈɡaʁ/ [e.d͡ʒiˈɡah], /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡaʁ/ [ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡah], /ˈɛ.d͡ʒi.ɡaʁ/ [ˈɛ.d͡ʒi.ɡah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ed͡ʒˈɡaɾ/, /e.d͡ʒiˈɡaɾ/, /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡaɾ/, /ˈɛ.d͡ʒi.ɡaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ed͡ʒˈɡaʁ/ [ed͡ʒˈɡaχ], /e.d͡ʒiˈɡaʁ/ [e.d͡ʒiˈɡaχ], /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡaʁ/ [ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡaχ], /ˈɛ.d͡ʒi.ɡaʁ/ [ˈɛ.d͡ʒi.ɡaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ed͡ʒˈɡaɻ/, /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡaɻ/

• Hyphenation: Ed‧gar

Proper noun

Edgar m

1. a male given name from English, equivalent to English Edgar