Desiderius

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Dēsīderius (literally “the longed-for”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdɛzɪˈdɪəɹɪəs/

Proper noun

Desiderius

1. A male given name in Latin, Dēsīderius.

Translations

given name

• Armenian: Դեսիդերիոս (Desiderios)
• Esperanto: Desiderio
• French: Didier (fr)
• Galician: Desiderio (gl)
• German: Desiderius
• Greek: Δεσιδέριος (el) (Desidérios)
• Hungarian: Dezső (hu)
• Italian: Desiderio (it)
• Latin: Desiderius
• Polish: Dezydery, Dezyderiusz, Dezyder
• Portuguese: Desidério m
• Russian: Дезиде́рий (Dezidérij)
• Slovak: Dezider m
• Spanish: Desiderio (es)

Latin

Etymology

From dēsīderium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deː.siːˈdɛ.ri.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [de.s̬iˈdɛː.ri.us]

Proper noun

Dēsīderius m sg (genitive Dēsīderiī or Dēsīderī); second declension

1. a male given name

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Dēsīderius
genitive	Dēsīderiī Dēsīderī1
dative	Dēsīderiō
accusative	Dēsīderium
ablative	Dēsīderiō
vocative	Dēsīderī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• → German: Desiderius
• → English: Didier
• French: Didier
• → Breton: Dider
• Catalan: Desideri
• Spanish: Desiderio
• → Esperanto: Desiderio
• → Greek: Δεσιδέριος (Desidérios)
• Italian: Desiderio
• → Dutch: Desiderius
• → Polish: Dezydery
• Portuguese: Desidério
• → Slovene: Dezider
• → Czech: Dezider