Paul

See also paul

English

Etymology

From Latin Paulus, from paulus (“small”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /pɔəl/
• (US) IPA: /pɔl/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /pɑl/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːl
• Homophones: pall, pawl

Proper noun

Paul

1. (biblical) In the New Testament, Apostle to the Gentiles and author of fourteen epistles.
2. A male given name of biblical origin.
3. A patronymic surname.

Quotations

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version)^[1]: Acts 9:4:

  Then Saul, ( who is also called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him

• 1848 Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son: Chapter 1:

  'He will be christened Paul, my - Mrs Dombey - of course.'

  She feebly echoed, 'Of course,' or rather expressed it by the motion of her lips, and closed her eyes again.

  'His father's name, Mrs Dombey, and his grandfather's! I wish his grandfather were alive this day! There is some inconvenience in the necessity of writing Junior,' said Mr Dombey, making a fictitious autograph on his knee; 'but it is merely of a private and personal complexion. It doesn't enter into the correspondence of the House. Its signature remains the same.'

Related terms

• feminine forms: Paula, Paulette, Pauline

Derived terms

• rob Peter to pay Paul
• Saint Paul
• Pauline

Translations

the Apostle

Arabic: بولس (báulus) Armenian: Պողոս (Poġos) Catalan: Pau (ca) m. Czech: Pavel (cs) m. Danish: Paulus (da) Dutch: Paulus (nl) Estonian: Paulus (et) Finnish: Paavali (fi) French: Paul (fr) Old French: Pol German: Paulus (de) Greek: Παύλος (el) (Pávlos) m. Haitian Creole: Pòl Hawaiian: Paulo Italian: Paolo (it)

Japanese: パウロ (ja) (pauro) Latvian: Pāvils (lv) m. Lithuanian: Paulius (lt) Macedonian: Павле (mk) (Pávle) Maltese: Pawlu (mt) m. Northern Sami: Bávlos Norwegian: Paulus (no) Polish: Paweł (pl) m. Russian: Павел (ru) (Pável) m. Spanish: Pablo (es) Swahili: Paulo (sw) Swedish: Paulus (sv) Vietnamese: Phao-lô (vi) Welsh: Phaul (cy) West Frisian: Paulus (fy)

male given name

Arabic: بول (ar) (baul) m. Armenian: Պողոս (Poġos) Belarusian: Павел (be) (Pável) m., Пол (be) (Pol) m. Bosnian: Pavle m. Catalan: Pau (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 保羅 (cmn), 保罗 (cmn) (Bǎoluó) Croatian: Pavle m., Pavao (hr) m. Czech: Pavel (cs) m. Danish: Poul (da) Dutch: Paul (nl), Pol (nl) Esperanto: Paŭlo (eo) Estonian: Paavel, Paavo Faroese: Páll (fo) Finnish: Paavali (fi), Paavo (fi) French: Paul (fr) German: Paul (de) m. Greek: Παύλος (el) (Pávlos) m. Greenlandic: Pavia (kl) Hawaiian: Paulo Hindi: पॉल (hi) (pol) Hungarian: Pál (hu) Icelandic: Páll (is) Irish: Póil (ga), Pól (ga) m. Italian: Paolo (it)

Japanese: ポール (ja) (Pōru) Korean: 폴 (ko) (Pol) Latin: Paulus (la) Latvian: Pauls (lv) m. Lithuanian: Paulius (lt) Macedonian: Павле (mk) (Pávle) m. Maltese: Pawl m., Pawlu m. Northern Sami: Bávlos Norwegian: Pål (no), Paul (no) Polish: Paweł (pl) Portuguese: Paulo (pt) Russian: Павел (ru) (Pável) m. (cognate), Пол (ru) (Pol) m. (transliteration) Scottish Gaelic: Pòl Serbian: Cyrillic: Павле m. Roman: Pavle m. Slovak: Pavol m. Slovene: Pavel (sl) Spanish: Pablo (es) Swahili: Paulo (sw) Swedish: Paul (sv), Pål (sv) Ukrainian: Павло (uk) (Pavló) m. (cognate), Пол (uk) (Pol) m. (transliteration) Welsh: Phaul, Pawl (cy) m.

Anagrams

• pula, Pula

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Danish

Proper noun

Paul

1. A male given name, a variant of the much more popular Poul.

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Estonian

Proper noun

Paul

1. A male given name, cognate to the English Paul.

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French

Proper noun

Paul

1. (biblical) Paul.
2. A male given name.

Related terms

• Jean-Paul
• female given names: Paule, Paulette, Pauline, Marie-Paule

Anagrams

• palu, Pula

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /paʊ̯l/

Proper noun

Paul

1. A male given name, cognate to English Paul.

Related terms

• biblical from: Paulus
• female given names: Paula, Paulina, Pauline

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Paul

1. A male given name. Popular variant: Pål. Feminine form: Paula.

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Swedish

Proper noun

Paul

1. A male given name, cognate to English Paul.

Related terms

• biblical: Paulus
• female given names: Paula, Paulina