Aristotle

Aristotle

See also: aristotle

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀριστοτέλης (Aristotélēs).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæɹɪˌstɒtəl/, [ˈæɹɪˌstɒtᵊɫ̩]
• (US, Canada) enPR: ăʹrĭstŏt'əl, IPA^(key): /ˈæɹɪˌstɑtəl/, [ˈæɹɪˌstɑɾɫ̩]
  • (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹɪˌstɑtəl/, [ˈɛɹɪˌstɑɾɫ̩]
• Rhymes: -ɒtəl

Proper noun

Aristotle

1. A male given name.
   1. An ancient Greek philosopher, logician, and scientist (382–322 BCE), student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great.

Derived terms

• Aristotelian, Aristotelean, Aristotlean
• Aristotle's lantern

Translations

ancient Greek philosopher

Arabic: أَرِسْطُو‎ m (ʾarisṭū), أَرِسْطُوطَالِيس‎ m (ʾarisṭūṭālīs), أَرِسـطَاطَالِيس‎ m Armenian: Արիստոտել (Aristotel) Old Armenian: Արիստոտէլ (Aristotēl) Bulgarian: Аристо́тел m (Aristótel) Chinese: Mandarin: 亞里士多德／亚里士多德 (zh) (Yàlǐshìduōdé), (Taiwan) 亞里斯多德／亚里斯多德 (zh) (Yàlǐsīduōdé) Czech: Aristoteles m, Aristotelés m Esperanto: Aristotelo Faroese: Aristoteles m Finnish: Aristoteles (fi) French: Aristote (fr) m German: Aristoteles (de) m Greek: Αριστοτέλης (el) m (Aristotélis) Ancient: Ἀριστοτέλης m (Aristotélēs) Hebrew: אריסטו‎ m (aristo) Hindi: अरस्तु m (arastu) Hungarian: Arisztotelész (hu) Icelandic: Aristóteles m Irish: Arastotail m Italian: Aristotele (it) m Japanese: アリストテレス (Arisutoteresu) Khmer: អារិស្តត្ថល (aaristɑɑttʰal), អារីស្តូត (ʼaariistout) Korean: 아리스토텔레스 (Ariseutotelleseu) Ladino: Arsato m Latin: Aristotelēs (la) m Macedonian: Аристо́тел m (Aristótel) Norwegian: Aristoteles Persian: ارسطو‎ (fa) (arestu), ارسطاطالیس‎ (fa) (arestâtâlis), ارسطوطالیس‎ (arestutâlis) Polish: Arystoteles (pl) m Portuguese: Aristóteles m Romanian: Aristotel (ro) m Russian: Аристо́тель (ru) m (Aristótelʹ) Slovene: Aristótel (sl) m Spanish: Aristóteles (es) m Swedish: Aristoteles Tagalog: Aristoteles Thai: อริสโตเติล (à-rít-dtoo-dtə̂n) Turkish: Aristoteles (tr), Aristo (tr) Ukrainian: Арісто́тель m (Aristótelʹ) Urdu: ارسطو‎ (ur) m (arastu)

See also

• Archimedes
• Plato
• Pythagoras
• Socrates

Further reading

• Aristotle at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “Aristotle”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
• “Aristotle”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• rotalites, testaroli, totaliser

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Malay

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀριστοτέλης (Aristotélēs).

Proper noun

Aristotle

1. Aristotle

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Scots

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀριστοτέλης (Aristotélēs).

Proper noun

Aristotle

1. Aristotle