Cyril

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĭr-əl IPA: /ˈsɪrəl/, X-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
• Portuguese: Cirilo (pt)
• Russian: Кирилл (ru) (Kiríll) m, Сирил (ru) (Síril) m
• Skolt Sami: Ǩiurrâl
• Slovak: Cyril (sk) 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.