Guinevere

Guinevere

English

Etymology

From Welsh Gwenhwyfar, from Proto-Celtic *Windosēbaris.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwɪ.nɪ.vɪə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwɪ.nɪ.vɪɹ/
• Hyphenation: Guin‧e‧vere

Proper noun

Guinevere

1. A female given name of Welsh origin.
2. In Arthurian legend, the wife of King Arthur.

Related terms

• Gaynor
• Ginevra
• Jennifer

Translations

female given name

Breton: Gwenivar f Catalan: Ginebra (ca) f Cornish: Gwynnever f, Jenefer f French: Guenièvre (fr) f Irish: Fionnabhair f Middle Irish: Findabair f Old Irish: Finnabair f

Italian: Ginevra (it) f Polish: Ginewra f Spanish: Ginebra (es) f Welsh: Gwenhwyfar f

wife of King Arthur

Arabic: غوينيفير‎ f Basque: Genobeba Breton: Gwenivar f Bulgarian: Гуиневир f (Guinevir) Catalan: Ginebra (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 桂妮薇兒, 桂妮薇儿 (Guìnīwēier), 桂妮薇爾, 桂妮薇尔 (Guìnīwēiěr), 格溫娜維爾, 格温娜维尔 (Géwēnnàwéiěr), 桂妮薇亚, 桂妮薇亞, 桂妮薇娅 (Guìnīwēiyà) Cornish: Gwynnever f Danish: Guenevere c Esperanto: Ginevra Finnish: Guinevere French: Guenièvre (fr) f Middle French: Genievre f Old French: Genievre f

Galician: Xenebra (gl) f Greek: Γκουίνεβιρ f (Gkouínevir) Hebrew: גווינביר‎ f Italian: Ginevra (it) f Japanese: グィネヴィア (Gwinevia) Korean: 귀네비어 (gwinebieo) Polish: Ginewra f Portuguese: Genebra (pt) f Russian: Гвине́вра f (Gvinévra) Spanish: Ginebra (es) f Swedish: Guenever c Thai: กวินิเวียร์ Ukrainian: Ґвіневера f (Gvinevera) Welsh: Gwenhwyfar f