Jake
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Originally a medieval variant of Jack; today also used as a diminutive form of Jacob and James.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /d͡ʒeɪk/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪk
Proper noun
[edit]Jake (plural Jakes)
- A male given name.
- 1927, Ernest Hemingway, chapter 3, in The Sun Also Rises:
- Brett smiled at him. "I've promised to dance this with Jacob," she laughed. "You've a hell of a biblical name, Jake."
- 1985, Ed McBain, Snow White and Rose Red, page 10:
- Her attendant - Jake, she had called him, which seemed an appropriate name for a redheaded, no-neck redneck with the muscles of a dedicated weight lifter - -
Translations
[edit]diminutive of Jacob or James
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