Roland
English
Etymology
From Old French, from Proto-West Germanic *Hrōþiland. Name of a paladin of Charlemagne in medieval French romance. Doublet of Orlando.
Pronunciation
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
Roland
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
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Catalan
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Roland m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Roland
Cebuano
Etymology
From English Roland, from Old French, from Proto-West Germanic *Hrōþiland (literally “fame-land”). Also as an anglicisation of Rolando.
Proper noun
Roland
- a male given name from the Germanic languages
- the titular character of The Song of Roland
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Roland.
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Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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- a male given name, equivalent to English Roland
Estonian
Proper noun
Roland
- a male given name, equivalent to English Roland
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Roland m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Roland
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German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Roland
- a male given name, equivalent to English Roland
Usage notes
- Used as a given name in Germany since the Middle Ages.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Roland
- a male given name, equivalent to English Roland
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Roland | Rolandok |
accusative | Rolandot | Rolandokat |
dative | Rolandnak | Rolandoknak |
instrumental | Rolanddal | Rolandokkal |
causal-final | Rolandért | Rolandokért |
translative | Rolanddá | Rolandokká |
terminative | Rolandig | Rolandokig |
essive-formal | Rolandként | Rolandokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Rolandban | Rolandokban |
superessive | Rolandon | Rolandokon |
adessive | Rolandnál | Rolandoknál |
illative | Rolandba | Rolandokba |
sublative | Rolandra | Rolandokra |
allative | Rolandhoz | Rolandokhoz |
elative | Rolandból | Rolandokból |
delative | Rolandról | Rolandokról |
ablative | Rolandtól | Rolandoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Rolandé | Rolandoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Rolandéi | Rolandokéi |
Possessive forms of Roland | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Rolandom | Rolandjaim |
2nd person sing. | Rolandod | Rolandjaid |
3rd person sing. | Rolandja | Rolandjai |
1st person plural | Rolandunk | Rolandjaink |
2nd person plural | Rolandotok | Rolandjaitok |
3rd person plural | Rolandjuk | Rolandjaik |
Derived terms
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French Roland, from Old French Roland, from Proto-West Germanic *Hrōþiland.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Roland m pers
- a male given name, equivalent to English Roland
Declension
Further reading
- Roland in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Roland in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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- a male given name, equivalent to English Roland
- a surname
Declension
Further reading
- “Roland”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Swedish
Etymology
Cognate with English and French Roland. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1397, but not in common use before the 20th century.
Proper noun
Roland c (genitive Rolands)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Roland
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 47 950 males with the given name Roland living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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