Benedict

See also: benedict

English

Etymology

From Saint Benedict, founder of the Benedictine Order, from Late Latin benedictus (“blessed, well spoken of”), from Latin benedīcō (“I bless, I speak well of”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: bĕ'nədĭkt, IPA^(key): /ˈbɛnədɪkt/

Proper noun

Benedict

1. A male given name from Latin, particularly of the sixth-century founder of the Benedictine order, and of several popes.
2. A patronymic surname transferred from the given name
3. A city and village in Kansas.
4. A census-designated place in Maryland.
5. A village in Nebraska.
6. A city and village in North Dakota.

Related terms

• Benedicta
• Benedictine
• benediction
• Bennet, bennet
• Bennett

 

Translations

male given name

• Armenian: Բենեդիկտոս (Benediktos)
• Breton: Benedig
• Bulgarian: Бенедикт m (Benedikt)
• Catalan: Benet (ca)
• Czech: Benedikt
• Danish: Bent (da)
• Esperanto: Benedikto
• Extremaduran: Benitu
• Faroese: Bænadikt m, Benadikt m
• Finnish: Pentti (fi)
• French: Benoît (fr)
• Galician: Bieito (gl) m, Bento (gl), Benedito (gl)
• Georgian: ბენედიქტე (benedikṭe)
• German: Benedikt (de)
• Greek: Βενέδικτος (el) m (Venédiktos)

  Ancient: Εὔφημος (Eúphēmos)

• Hungarian: Benedek (hu)
• Icelandic: Benedikt (is)
• Irish: Beinidict
• Italian: Benedetto (it), Benito (it)
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• Japanese: ベネディクト (Benedikuto)
• Korean: 베네딕토 (Benedikto)
• Latin: Benedictus (la) m
• Latvian: Benedikts m
• Lithuanian: Benediktas (lt) m
• Neapolitan: Benedèttë
• Norwegian: Bendik
• Polish: Benedykt (pl) m
• Portuguese: Benedito (pt) m, Bento (pt) m
• Romanian: Benedict m
• Russian: Венедикт (ru) (Venedikt)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бенедикт m

  Roman: Benedikt m

• Slovak: Benedikt
• Slovene: Benedikt (sl) m
• Spanish: Benedicto (es) (papal), Benito (es) m, Benicio (es) m
• Swedish: Bengt (sv)
• Venetian: Beneto (vec) m
• Vietnamese: Biển Đức, Bênêđictô

References

• "Benedict" in the on-line etymology dictionary, accessed on 2005-04-30

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German

Proper noun

Benedict m (proper noun, strong, genitive Benedicts)

1. a male given name, a less common spelling of Benedikt