Edgar

See also: EDGAR and Édgar

English

Etymology

From Old English Ēadgār, the name of early English kings, from Old English ēad (“rich”) + gār (“spear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛdɡɚ/

Proper noun

Edgar

1. A male given name from Old English.
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
     : Scene 1:

     What? did my father's godson seek your life? He whom my father nam'd? your Edgar?

   • 2000 Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin, Random House, →ISBN, page 62:

     My father was the eldest of three sons, each of whom was given Adelia's idea of a high-toned name: Norval and Edgar and Percival, Arthurian revival with a hint of Wagner.

2. A patronymic surname transferred from the given name

Derived terms

• Edgar County
• Edgartown

Translations

male given name

• Armenian: Էդգար (Ēdgar)
• Dutch: Edgar (nl) m
• Estonian: Edgar
• French: Edgar (fr) m
• German: Edgar
• Greek: Έντγκαρ n (Éntgkar)
• Icelandic: Edgar (is) m
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• Italian: Edgardo (it)
• Latvian: Edgars m
• Norwegian: Edgar
• Polish: Edgar (pl) m
• Portuguese: Édgar m, Edgar m, Edgardo m
• Spanish: Edgardo (es), Édgar m
• Swedish: Edgar (sv)

Further reading

• Edgar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Adger, Degar, Gerda, garde, grade, radge, raged

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English Edgar, from Old English. Also from Edgardo.

Proper noun

Edgar

1. a male given name from Old English

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Edgar.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛt.xɑr/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Ed‧gar

Proper noun

Edgar

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

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Estonian

Proper noun

Edgar

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

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛd.ɡaʁ/

Proper noun

Edgar ?

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

Anagrams

• égard
• garde, gardé

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛt.ɡaːɐ̯/, [ˈʔɛt.ɡ̊aːɐ̯]
• Hyphenation: Ed‧gar

Proper noun

Edgar n (genitive Edgar or Edgars, plural Edgars)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Edgar

References

• “Edgar” in Duden online

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Edgar

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

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Édgar, Edgardo

Etymology

Borrowed from English Edgar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ed͡ʒ.ˈɡaʁ/, /ˌe.d͡ʒi.ˈɡaʁ/, /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡaʁ/

Proper noun

Edgar m

1. a male given name from English, equivalent to English Edgar