Arnold

Translingual

Proper noun

Arnold

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Ferdinand Christian Gustav Arnold (1829-1901).

Further reading

• Author query of the International Plant Names Index

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English

Alternative forms

• Ahnold (eye dialect)

Etymology

French version of a Germanic name, from Proto-Germanic *arô (“eagle”) + *waldą (“power”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹnəld/

Proper noun

Arnold

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages brought to England by Normans.
   • 1987 Newsweek December 7, 1987, page 44:

     Arnold used to be a name only a mother could love, but it does not mean nerd anymore. Since Arnold Schwarzenegger stepped out of the gym and onto the screen, it has come to suggest popping delts and giant pecs, a world of undisputed macho.

2. A patronymic surname transferred from the given name
3. A hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA1241).
4. A market town in Gedling borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5945).
5. A small town in the Shire of Loddon, Victoria, Australia
6. A community in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
7. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A CDP in Calaveras County, California.
   2. An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.
   3. Unincorporated communities in Carroll and Morgan Counties, Illinois.
   4. An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, Iowa.
   5. An unincorporated community in Ness County, Kansas.
   6. A CDP in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
   7. An unincorporated community in Marquette County, Michigan.
   8. A former CDP in Saint Louis County, Minnesota.
   9. A city in Jefferson County, Missouri.
   10. A village in Custer County, Nebraska.
   11. An unincorporated community in Union County, Ohio.
   12. A city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
   13. An unincorporated community in Collin County, Texas.
   14. Unincorporated communities in Brooke and Lewis Counties, West Virginia.
   15. An unincorporated community in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.

Derived terms

• pet form: Arnie
• Arnoldian

Translations

male given name

• Armenian: Առնոլդ (Aṙnold)
• Basque: Eñaut (eu)
• Bengali: আরনল্ড (aronlḍ)
• Catalan: Arnau (ca)
• Danish: Arnold
• Dutch: Arnoud (nl)
• Esperanto: Arnoldo
• Estonian: Arnold
• French: Arnaud (fr)
• German: Arnold (de)
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• Greek: Άρνολδος (Árnoldos)
• Italian: Arnaldo (it)
• Latin: Arnoldus
• Latvian: Arnolds m
• Norwegian: Arnold (no)
• Portuguese: Arnaldo (pt)
• Russian: Арно́льд (ru) m (Arnólʹd)
• Spanish: Arnaldo (es)
• Swedish: Arnold (sv)
• Yiddish: אַרנאָלד m (arnold)

Anagrams

• Orland, Randol, Roland, Roldan, Ronald, dralon, ladron, lardon

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Catalan

Proper noun

Arnold m

1. Arnold

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English Arnold, from a French version of a Germanic name, from Proto-Germanic *arô (“eagle”) + *waldą (“power”).

Proper noun

Arnold

1. a male given name from the Germanic languages

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Arnold.

Anagrams

• Roland, Ronald, Roldan, Orland

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Danish

Proper noun

Arnold

1. a male given name of Germanic origin.

Related terms

• from Old Norse: Arne, Arvid

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Estonian

Proper noun

Arnold

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Arnold.

Related terms

• Arno, Aarne, Arved, Arvi

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Faroese

Proper noun

Arnold m

1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Arnold: Arnoldsson
• daughter of Arnold: Arnoldsdóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Arnold
Accusative	Arnold
Dative	Arnoldi
Genitive	Arnolds

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German

Proper noun

Arnold

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Arnold.
2. derived from the given name.

Related terms

• Arne, Arno

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒrnold]
• Hyphenation: Ar‧nold

Proper noun

Arnold

1. a male given name.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Arnold	Arnoldok
accusative	Arnoldot	Arnoldokat
dative	Arnoldnak	Arnoldoknak
instrumental	Arnolddal	Arnoldokkal
causal-final	Arnoldért	Arnoldokért
translative	Arnolddá	Arnoldokká
terminative	Arnoldig	Arnoldokig
essive-formal	Arnoldként	Arnoldokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Arnoldban	Arnoldokban
superessive	Arnoldon	Arnoldokon
adessive	Arnoldnál	Arnoldoknál
illative	Arnoldba	Arnoldokba
sublative	Arnoldra	Arnoldokra
allative	Arnoldhoz	Arnoldokhoz
elative	Arnoldból	Arnoldokból
delative	Arnoldról	Arnoldokról
ablative	Arnoldtól	Arnoldoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	Arnoldé	Arnoldoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Arnoldéi	Arnoldokéi

Possessive forms of Arnold
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Arnoldom	Arnoldjaim
2nd person sing.	Arnoldod	Arnoldjaid
3rd person sing.	Arnoldja	Arnoldjai
1st person plural	Arnoldunk	Arnoldjaink
2nd person plural	Arnoldotok	Arnoldjaitok
3rd person plural	Arnoldjuk	Arnoldjaik

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Arnold

1. a male given name of Germanic origin.

Related terms

• from Germany: Arild, Arnt
• from Old Norse: Arne, Arnfinn, Arnstein, Arvid

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈarnɔld/

Proper noun

Arnold m (genitive singular Arnolda, nominative plural Arnoldovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. a male given name.

Declension

Declension of Arnold

	singular	plural
nominative	Arnold	Arnoldovia
genitive	Arnolda	Arnoldov
dative	Arnoldovi	Arnoldom
accusative	Arnolda	Arnoldov
locative	Arnoldovi	Arnoldoch
instrumental	Arnoldom	Arnoldmi

Derived terms

• Arno

Further reading

• “Arnold”, 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

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Swedish

Proper noun

Arnold c (genitive Arnolds)

1. a male given name of Germanic origin.

Related terms

• from Old Norse: Arne, Arvid

Anagrams

• Roland, Ronald