Charlotte
See also: charlotte
English
Etymology
From French Charlotte in the 17th century, female diminutive form of Charles, from Middle High German Karl, which came from the Germanic *karlaz.
The civil parish is named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744 - 1818). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃɑɹlət/
- (Received Pronunciation, General South African) IPA(key): /ˈʃɑːlət/
- (General Australian, New Zealand, Boston) IPA(key): /ˈʃaːlət/
- (Scotland, Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈʃaɹlət/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)lət
Proper noun
Charlotte
- A female given name from French.
- 1852 D. H. Jacques, A Chapter on Names, The Knickerbocker, or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume XL, August 1852, page 117:
- My Charlotte conquers with a smile, / And reigneth queen of love.
- In the home-circle and among her companions, Charlotte lays aside her queenship and becomes a gentle Lottie.
- 1859, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter VII, in Adam Bede […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, OCLC 2108290:
- "Here's Totty! By-and-by, what's her other name? She wasn't christened Totty." "Oh, sir, we call her sadly out of name. Charlotte's her christened name. It's a name i' Mr. Poyser's family; his grandmother was named Charlotte. But we began calling her Lotty, and now it's got to Totty. To be sure it's more like a name for a dog than a Christian child."
- 2007, Sophie Hannah, Hurting Distance, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 225:
- 'Can I call you Charlotte?'
'No. I hate the name, makes me sound like a Victorian aunt. I'm Charlie, and no, you can't call me that either.'
- 1852 D. H. Jacques, A Chapter on Names, The Knickerbocker, or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume XL, August 1852, page 117:
- A civil parish of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. [From 1765]
- A city, the county seat of Eaton County, Michigan, United States.
- The largest city in North Carolina, United States and the county seat of Mecklenburg County.
- A town, the county seat of Dickson County, Tennessee, United States.
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Derived terms
- Charlotte County
- Charlotte Court House
- Charlottesville
Translations
female given name
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Noun
Charlotte (plural Charlottes)
- (historical) Designating a type of women's bonnet popular in the 18th and 19th centuries.
- 1764, The Scots Magazine, Sep 1764:
- The Charlotte bonnet, form'd to please, / And Strelitz coif she wore with ease.
- 1819, La Belle Assemblée, Apr 1819:
- the Charlotte bonnet, from the Sorrows of Werther, was the most becoming and elegantly retired bonnet ever yet sported for walking.
- 1968, Gisèle d'Assailly, Ages of Elegance:
- Women now resembled well-rounded cabbages from which protruded a tiny head crushed beneath a Charlotte hat covered with plumes and gew-gaws.
- 1764, The Scots Magazine, Sep 1764:
Danish
Etymology
From French Charlotte.
Proper noun
Charlotte
- a female given name
Related terms
- Lotte
- Liselotte
References
- Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 33 806 females with the given name Charlotte have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 May 2011.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃaʁ.lɔt/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Charlotte f
- a female given name; a feminine diminutive form of Charles
German
Etymology
Borrowed from French Charlotte and charlotte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃaʁˈlɔtə/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Charlotte f (proper noun, genitive Charlottes or Charlotte, plural Charlottes)
- a female given name from French; variant forms Lotte, Lieselotte, Liselotte
- The digraph ⟨Ch⟩ in the German spelling alphabet.
Declension
Declension of Charlotte [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Charlotte | die | Charlottes |
genitive | einer | der | Charlottes, Charlotte | der | Charlottes |
dative | einer | der | Charlotte | den | Charlottes |
accusative | eine | die | Charlotte | die | Charlottes |
Noun
Charlotte f (genitive Charlotte, plural Charlotten)
- charlotte (dessert consisting of sponge cake filled with fruit)
Declension
Declension of Charlotte [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Charlotte | die | Charlotten |
genitive | einer | der | Charlotte | der | Charlotten |
dative | einer | der | Charlotte | den | Charlotten |
accusative | eine | die | Charlotte | die | Charlotten |
Further reading
- “Charlotte” in Duden online
- “Charlotte” in Duden online
Norwegian
Proper noun
Charlotte
- a female given name of French origin. Diminutive: Lotte
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɧaˈɭot/
Proper noun
Charlotte c (genitive Charlottes)
- a female given name of French origin
Related terms
- Charlotta, Lotta