Cervantes

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Cervantes; see there for more.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səˈvæntiːz/, /sɛəˈvɑːnteɪz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /sɚˈvæntiːz/, /sɛɹˈvɑːnteɪz/

Proper noun

Cervantes

1. A municipality of Os Ancares, Lugo, Galicia, Spain
2. Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), an influential Spanish author.
3. A surname from Spanish.
4. The star Mu Arae.

Derived terms

• cervantite

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cervantes is the 387^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 82161 individuals. Cervantes is most common among Hispanic/Latino (95.31%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Ventresca, ventresca

Galician

Cervantes, Galicia

Etymology

From the mountain river of the same name, from a substrate language, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, to cut off”) (compare Latin curvus).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /θeɾˈbantes/ [θeɾˈβ̞an̪.t̪es̺]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /θeɾˈbantes/ [θeɾˈβ̞an̪.t̪es̺]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /seɾˈbantes/ [seɾˈβ̞an̪.t̪es]

• Rhymes: -antes
• Hyphenation: Cer‧van‧tes

Proper noun

Cervantes m

1. A municipality of Lugo, Galicia, Spain
2. a toponymical surname

References

• “Cervantes” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “Cervantes” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.

Spanish

Etymology

Either from ciervo (“stag”) or from Old Spanish servanto, an evolution of Latin serviēns (“servant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeɾˈbantes/ [θeɾˈβ̞ãn̪.t̪es]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /seɾˈbantes/ [seɾˈβ̞ãn̪.t̪es]
• Rhymes: -antes
• Syllabification: Cer‧van‧tes

Proper noun

Cervantes m or f by sense

1. a surname
2. Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616), an influential Spanish author

Derived terms

• cervantesco
• cervantino
• cervántino