Cyril

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κύριλλος (Kýrillos), from κύριος (lord, master).

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĭr-əl IPA: /ˈsɪrəl/, SAMPA: /"sIr@l/
• Rhymes: -ɪrəl

Proper noun

Cyril

1. A male given name; best known for a ninth century missionary to the Slavs.
   • 1954 P. G. Wodehouse, Over Seventy: An Autobiography with Digressions, Herbert Jenkins (1957), page 35:

     Boxers, too, not so long ago a somewhat uncouth section of the community who were seldom if ever mistaken for members of the Vere de Vere family, have taken on a polish which makes their society a pleasure. They have names like Cyril and Percy and Clarence and live up to them.

Derived terms

• Cyrillic

Translations

male given name

Arabic: كيريل (Kiril), سيريل (Siril) Armenian: Կյուրեղ (hy) (Kyureġ) Chinese: 基里尔 (Jīlǐ'ěr), 西里尔 (Xīlǐ'ěr) French: Cyrille (fr), Cyril (fr) Greek: Κύριλλος (el) (Tsýrillos) m. Japanese: キリル (Kiriru), シリル (Shiriru)

Latvian: Kirils (lv) m. Macedonian: Кирил (mk) (Kíril) m. Maltese: Ċirillu Polish: Cyryl (pl) m. Russian: Кирилл (ru) (Kiríll) m., Сирил (ru) (Síril) m. Ukrainian: Кирилл (uk) (Kyryll) m.

See also

• Cyrillus
• Cyryl
• Kiril
• Kirill
• Kiryl
• Kyrill
• Kyril

Anagrams

• lyric

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Czech

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Proper noun

Cyril m.

1. A male given name, cognate to Cyril.

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French

Proper noun

Cyril

1. A male given name, variant of Cyrille.