Napoleon

See also napoleon, Napoléon, and Napóleon

English

Etymology

French Napoléon, from Italian Napoleone, name of an early saint, of uncertain origin; possibly from the Germanic clan name Nibelung. By folk etymology explained as Napoli (“Naples”) + leone (“lion”).

Proper noun

Wikipedia

Napoleon

1. Napoleon Bonaparte.
2. A male given name sometimes given in honor of the French emperor.

Derived terms

• Napoleonesque
• Napoleonism
• Napoleonist

Translations

Napoleon Bonaparte

• Arabic: نابليون (ar) (nabulyuun) m
• Belarusian: Напалеон (be) (Napaleón) m 
• Bulgarian: Наполеон (bg) (Napoleón) m 
• Catalan: Napoleó (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拿破崙 (cmn), 拿破仑 (cmn) (Nápòlún)

• French: Napoléon (fr)
• German: Napoleon (de) m
• Greek: Ναπολέων (el) (Napoléon) m 
• Hebrew: נפוליאון (he) m
• Hindi: नेपोलियन (hi) (nēpōliyan)
• Hungarian: Napóleon (hu)

• Italian: Napoleone (it)
• Japanese: ナポレオン (ja) (Naporeon)
• Korean: 나폴레옹 (ko) (Napolle-ong)
• Macedonian: Наполеон (mk) (Napoleón) m
• Persian: ناپلئون (fa)
• Polish: Napoleon (pl) m
• Russian: Наполеон (ru) (Napoleón) m 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Наполеон (sh) m

  Roman: Napoleon (sh) m

• Spanish: Napoleón (es) m
• Ukrainian: Наполеон (uk) (Napoleón) m 
• Urdu: نپولین (ur) m

male given name

• Catalan: Napoleó (ca) m
• French: Napoléon (fr)

• Italian: Napoleone (it)

Noun

Napoleon (plural Napoleons)

1. A twenty-franc gold coin, once used in France
2. The foremost authority or leader in a given field
   • 1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Final Problem

     He [Professor Moriarty] is the Napoleon of crime, Watson.

   • 2011, Robert Morgan, Lions of the West: Heroes and Villains of the Westward Expansion

     Always an eloquent speaker, Polk became known as the Napoleon of the stump.

   • 1896, J.S. Ogilvie, "A Biographical Sketch of William McKinley." The Life and Speeches of William McKinley.

     He [William McKinley] has been called the Napoleon of protection, as other men have been called Napoleons of finance.

3. (uncountable) The card game nap