Lancelot

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English

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 Lancelot on Wikipedia

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English Launcelot, from Old French Lancelot, from Frankish *Lanzo, hypocoristic form of names beginning in *Land-, from Proto-Germanic *landą (land), and diminutive Old French endings -el and -ot.

Related to Old English Landbeorht (modern English Lambert).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlæn.sə.lɒt/, /ˈlɑːn.sə.lɒt/

Proper noun

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Lancelot (countable and uncountable, plural Lancelots)

  1. (Arthurian legend) One of the Knights of the Round Table, a lover of Guinevere.
  2. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
    Synonym: Lance
    • 1921, P.G.Wodehouse, Indiscretions of Archie, page 162:
      "What's the first name?" - - -
      "I have a horrible feeling that it's Lancelot!"
      "Good God!" said Archie.
      "It couldn't really be that, could it?"
      Archie looked grave. He hated to give pain, but he felt he must be honest.
      "It might," he said. "People give their children all sorts of rummy names. My second name's Tracy. And I have a pal in England who was christened Cuthbert De la Hay Horace. Fortunately everyone calls him Stinker."
  3. A surname.
  4. A ghost town in the Mid North region, South Australia, Australia.

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Anagrams

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French Lancelot.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Lancelot m

  1. (Arthurian legend) Lancelot

French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr

Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle French Lancelot.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Lancelot m

  1. (Arthurian legend) Lancelot
  2. a male given name from Middle French, equivalent to English Lancelot

Middle French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old French Lancelot.

Proper noun

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Lancelot

  1. (Arthurian legend) Lancelot

Descendants

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  • French: Lancelot

Old French

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Etymology

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From Frankish *Lanzo, hypocoristic form of names beginning in *Land-, from Proto-Germanic *landą (land), and diminutive Old French endings -el and -ot.

Cognate with Old English Landbeorht (modern English Lambert).

Proper noun

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Lancelot m (nominative singular Lanceloz)

  1. (Arthurian legend) Lancelot

Descendants

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