Alfred
See also: alfred, Alfréd, and Ælfræd
English
Etymology
From Old English Ælfrǣd, from ælf (“elf”) and rǣd (“counsel”). Doublet of Alfredo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈælfɹəd/
- (Appalachians, dated) IPA(key): /ˈælfɚd/[1]
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Proper noun
Alfred
- (individuals) Alfred the Great, early king of England.
- A male given name from Old English.
- 1980, Graham Greene, Doctor Fisher of Geneva, or the Bomb Party (fiction), OCLC 6273193:
- Unfortunately for me my father had combined diplomacy with a study of Anglo-Saxon history and, of course with my mother's consent, he gave me the name of Alfred, one of his heroes ( I believe she had boggled at Aelfred ). This Christian name, for some inexplicable reason, had become corrupted in the eyes of our middle-class world; it belonged exclusively now to the working class and was usually abbreviated to Alf. Perhaps that was why Doctor Fisher, the inventor of Dentophil Bouquet, never called me anything but Jones, even after I married his daughter.
- 1998, Steven Herrick, A Place Like This (fiction), University of Queensland Press, →ISBN, page 86:
- You give a kid a name like Cameron / or Alfred, or something like that, / and they end up wearing glasses / and looking at computers for the rest of their life.
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- (rare) A surname originating as a patronymic.
- A town, the county seat of York County, Maine, United States.
- A town in Allegany County, New York, United States.
Related terms
- Alf, Alfie
- Alfreda f
- Avery
Descendants
Descendants
- → Danish: Alfred
- → German: Alfred
- Spanish: Alfredo
- Cebuano: Alfredo
- Greek: Αλφρέδος (Alfrédos)
- Esperanto: Alfredo
- → Finnish: Alfred
- Faroese: Alfred
- French: Alfred
- Italian: Alfredo
- → Latin: Alfredus
- → Norwegian: Alfred
- Norman: Alfred
- Portuguese: Alfredo
- → Swedish: Alfred
Translations
Male given name
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References
- Hall, Joseph Sargent (March 2, 1942), “3. The Consonants”, in The Phonetics of Great Smoky Mountain Speech (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 4), New York: King's Crown Press, DOI:, →ISBN, § 7, page 98.
Further reading
Alfred (name) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Alfred the Great on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Alfred, Maine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Alfred, New York on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Falder, fardel, fardle, farled, flared, larfed
Azerbaijani
Proper noun
Alfred
- A transliteration of the English male given name Alfred.
- 2004, Şəkərəliyev, A. Ş., Əliyev, Ş.T., Cavadov M. Ə., editors, Nobel Mükafatı almış iqtisadçılar və onların nəzəriyyələri, Baku: Elm, page 5:
- Alfred Nobel 21 oktyabr 1833-cü ildə İsveçdə anadan olmuş, 8 yaşı olarkən atası Emmanuil Nobelin çalışdığı Sankt-Peterburqa köçmüşdür.
- Alfred Nobel was born in Sweden on October 21, 1833, and at the age of eight, moved to St. Petersburg, where his father, Emmanuel Nobel, was working.
- 2006, Gylman Ilkin, Bakı və Bakılılar, p. 149:
- Bu şirkətin müəssisləri üç qardaş: Lüdoviq, Robert, Alfred və bir də onların yaxın dostu […]
- The founders of this company were three brothers: Ludvig, Robert, Alfred and one of their close friends […]
- Bu şirkətin müəssisləri üç qardaş: Lüdoviq, Robert, Alfred və bir də onların yaxın dostu […]
- 2019, Manaf Süleymanov, Eşitdiklərim, oxuduqlarım, gördüklərim, p. 185:
- Arvadı və iki oğlu Alfred və Elmar ilə Peterburqdan vətənə qayıdır […]
- He returned home from St. Petersburg with his wife and two sons, Alfred and Elmar […]
- Arvadı və iki oğlu Alfred və Elmar ilə Peterburqdan vətənə qayıdır […]
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Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Alfred, from Old English Ælfræd.
Proper noun
Alfred
- a male given name
References
- Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 21 194 males with the given name Alfred have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1900s decade. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English Alfred.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑl.frɛt/
- Hyphenation: Al‧fred
Proper noun
Alfred m
- a male given name
Faroese
Etymology
Ultimately, from Old English Ælfræd.
Proper noun
Alfred m
- a male given name
Usage notes
Patronymics:
- son of Alfred: Alfredsson
- daughter of Alfred: Alfredsdóttir
Declension
| Singular | |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | Alfred |
| Accusative | Alfred |
| Dative | Alfredi |
| Genitive | Alfreds |
Finnish
Etymology
From English Alfred, from Old English Ælfræd, possibly through Swedish Alfred.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑlfred/, [ˈɑlfre̞d]
- Rhymes: -ɑlfred
- Syllabification(key): Alf‧red
Proper noun
Alfred
- a male given name
- Alfred Nussi
Declension
| Inflection of Alfred (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Alfred | Alfredit | |
| genitive | Alfredin | Alfredien | |
| partitive | Alfredia | Alfredeja | |
| illative | Alfrediin | Alfredeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Alfred | Alfredit | |
| accusative | nom. | Alfred | Alfredit |
| gen. | Alfredin | ||
| genitive | Alfredin | Alfredien | |
| partitive | Alfredia | Alfredeja | |
| inessive | Alfredissa | Alfredeissa | |
| elative | Alfredista | Alfredeista | |
| illative | Alfrediin | Alfredeihin | |
| adessive | Alfredilla | Alfredeilla | |
| ablative | Alfredilta | Alfredeilta | |
| allative | Alfredille | Alfredeille | |
| essive | Alfredina | Alfredeina | |
| translative | Alfrediksi | Alfredeiksi | |
| instructive | — | Alfredein | |
| abessive | Alfreditta | Alfredeitta | |
| comitative | — | Alfredeineen | |
| Possessive forms of Alfred (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Alfredini | Alfredimme |
| 2nd person | Alfredisi | Alfredinne |
| 3rd person | Alfredinsa | |
French
Etymology
From English Alfred, from Old English Ælfræd.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.fʁɛd/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Alfred m
- a male given name
- 1862, Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, volume 1, Book 4:1 (fiction):
- Il n’est pas rare aujourd’hui que le garçon bouvier se nomme Arthur, Alfred ou Alphonse, et que le vicomte — s’il y a encore des vicomtes — se nomme Thomas, Pierre ou Jacques. Ce déplacement qui met le nom « élégant » sur le plébéien et le nom campagnard sur l’aristocrate n’est autre chose qu’un remous d’égalité. L’irrésistible pénétration du souffle nouveau est là comme en tout.
- It is not rare for the neatherd's boy nowadays to bear the name of Arthur, Alfred, or Alphonse, and for the vicomte--if there are still any vicomtes--to be called Thomas, Pierre, or Jacques. This displacement, which places the "elegant" name on the plebeian and the rustic name on the aristocrat, is nothing else than an eddy of equality. The irresistible penetration of the new inspiration is there as everywhere else.
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German
Etymology
Borrowed from English Alfred, from Old English Ælfræd.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈalfʁeːt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Al‧f‧red
Proper noun
Alfred
- a male given name, popular in the 19th century
Norman
Etymology
Ultimately, from Old English Ælfræd.
Proper noun
Alfred m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Alfred
Norwegian
Etymology
Borrowed from English Alfred, from Old English Ælfræd.
Proper noun
Alfred
- a male given name
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Alfred, from Old English Ælfræd.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈal.frɛt/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -alfrɛt
- Syllabification: Al‧fred
Proper noun
Alfred m pers
- a male given name, equivalent to English Alfred
Declension
Declension of Alfred
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Alfred | Alfredzi |
| genitive | Alfreda | Alfredów |
| dative | Alfredowi | Alfredom |
| accusative | Alfreda | Alfredów |
| instrumental | Alfredem | Alfredami |
| locative | Alfredzie | Alfredach |
| vocative | Alfredzie | Alfredzi |
Further reading
- Alfred in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Alfred in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Alfred, from Old English Ælfræd. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1751.
Proper noun
Alfred c (genitive Alfreds)
- a male given name, fashionable in the 19th century
Anagrams
- farled