Lambert

Lambert

See also: lambert

English

Etymology

From Old French, from Old High German lant (“land”) + beraht (“bright”), a saint's name (of a Bishop of Maastricht) brought to England by the Normans. Cognate with Old English Landbeorht.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlæmbɚt/

Proper noun

Lambert

1. A male given name; in modern use partly transferred back from the surname.
2. A patronymic surname​.
3. A lunar impact crater.

Quotations

• 1597, William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act I, Scene I:

  At Coventry, upon Saint Lambert's day:
  There shall your swords and lances arbitrate
  The swelling difference of your settled hate

Translations

male given name

French: Lambert (fr) Galician: Lamberto (gl)

Italian: Lamberto (it)

surname

French: Lambert (fr)

Further reading

• Lambert (lunar crater) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Tramble, tramble

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑ̃.bɛʁ/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Lambert m

1. A male given name, cognate to English Lambert. Rather rare today.
2. A patronymic surname​.

Anagrams

• trembla