Wenceslaus

Wenceslaus

English

Etymology

Latinization of a Slavic (Old Czech) name, from Proto-Slavic *Vęťeslavъ.

Proper noun

Wenceslaus

1. A male given name.

Usage notes

• Applied to historical persons in English, notably, a tenth century king and patron saint of Bohemia.

Related terms

• Wenceslas

Translations

male given name

Belarusian: Вячасла́ў m (Vjačasláŭ) Bulgarian: Вацлав (Vaclav) Czech: Václav (cs) m, Věnceslav (cs) m Faroese: Vensil m Galician: Wenceslao m German: Wenzel (de) m, Wenzeslaus m Hungarian: Vencel (hu) Italian: Venceslao (it) m

Polish: Wacław (pl) m Portuguese: Venceslau (pt) m, Wenceslau m Russian: Вячесла́в (ru) m (Vjačesláv) Serbo-Croatian: Vaclav m, Вацлав m Slovak: Václav m Spanish: Wenceslao (es) m Ukrainian: Венцесла́в m (Vencesláv)