André

André

See also: Andre, andre, and ändre

Translingual

Proper noun

André

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Édouard-François André (1840-1911).

Further reading

• Author query of the International Plant Names Index

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːndɹeɪ/, /ˈɒndɹeɪ/

Proper noun

André

1. A male given name from French or Portuguese, borrowed from the French and Portuguese form of Andrew.

Anagrams

• -ander, Arden, Drane, Nader, Renda, dearn, denar, raden, redan

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From French André.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈandrəi/

Proper noun

André

1. a male given name

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑn.dreː/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: An‧dré

Proper noun

André m

1. a male given name borrowed from French

Related terms

• pet forms: Dré, Dre, Dreetje
• feminine: Andrée, Andrea

Anagrams

• ander, Arend, arend, nader, raden

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French

Etymology

From Latin Andreās, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.dʁe/

• Audio

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• Homophone: Andrée

Proper noun

André m

1. Andrew. (biblical character)
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Andrew
3. a surname originating as a patronymic

Related terms

• pet form: Dédé
• feminine: Andrée, Andréane, Andréanne, Andrea, Andréana
• double names: André-Marie, André-Jean, Marc-André, Charles-André, André-Jean, André-Louis, André-Luc, André-Marc, André-Michel, etc.

Anagrams

• redan

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin Andreās, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈdɾɛ/

Proper noun

André m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Andrew
2. (biblical) Andrew (one of the Apostles)
3. a patronymical surname

References

• “andre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “andre” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• "André" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈdʁe/

Proper noun

André m

1. a male given name from French

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Norwegian

Proper noun

André m

1. a male given name borrowed from French

Related terms

• male: Anders, Andreas
• female: Andrea, Andrine

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Portuguese

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Andreās, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas). An Old Portuguese form Andreu was displaced. Doublet of Andrei.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈdɾɛ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈdɾɛ/

• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: An‧dré

• Audio (Brazil)

  (file)

Proper noun

André m

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew

Related terms

• Andreia (feminine)
• Andressa (feminine)

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /andˈreː/

Proper noun

André c (genitive Andrés)

1. a male given name borrowed from French
   • 1997, Majgull Axelsson, Aprilhäxan, Pan, published 2006, →ISBN, page 245:

     André. Så kallade hon honom, trots att det egentligen var hans efternamn. Men hon kunde inte förmå sig att kalla honom Bertil, det var ett namn som gick an på plugghästar och bankkamrerare, men som var fullkomligt orimligt på en älskare.

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2. a surname

Related terms

• (male): Anders, Andreas
• (female): Andrea