Matilda
See also: matilda
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French Mathilde, from Old High German maht, meht (“might”) + hild, hilta (“battle”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Matilda
- A female given name from the Germanic languages.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 13:
- But wondrously begotten, and begonne / By false illusion of a guilefull Spright, / On a faire Ladie Nonne, that whilome hight / Matilda, daughter to Pubidius, […]
- 1844 George Payne Rainsford James, Rose D'Albret, Or, Troublous Times, a Romance, Harper [1844) page 20:
- Countess of Laussitz - Matilda, too, by the mark! A good name, a marvellous good name, is not, Algernon? Musical, pretty, soft, smoothing, loveable. - - - many a fair prospect is spoiled by the mistake in the name. Call Matilda Joan, or Louisa Deborah, and you are ruined forever!
- 1990 Alice Munro, Friend of My Youth.Stories, →ISBN, page 187:
- At one time Joan invented other names for her. 'Matilda' brought to mind dingy curtains, gray tent flaps, a slack-skinned old woman. How about Sharon? Lilliane? Elizabeth? Then, Joan didn't know how, the name Matilda became transformed. It started shining like silver. The "il" in it was silver. But not metallic. In Joan's mind the name gleamed now like a fold of satin.
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Translations
female given name, cognates and transliterations
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Noun
Matilda (plural Matildas)
- (UK, army, historical) Either of two British infantry tanks in use during World War II, the Infantry Tank Mark I or Infantry Tank Mark II.
Synonyms
- (infantry tank): Matilda I, Matilda II
Faroese
Proper noun
Matilda f
- a female given name
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Matilda: Matilduson
- daughter of Matilda: Matildudóttir
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Matilda |
Accusative | Matilda |
Dative | Matilda |
Genitive | Matildu |
Finnish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Matilda
- a female given name, equivalent to English Matilda.
Declension
Inflection of Matilda (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Matilda | Matildat | ||
genitive | Matildan | Matildojen | ||
partitive | Matildaa | Matildoja | ||
illative | Matildaan | Matildoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Matilda | Matildat | ||
accusative | nom. | Matilda | Matildat | |
gen. | Matildan | |||
genitive | Matildan | Matildojen Matildain rare | ||
partitive | Matildaa | Matildoja | ||
inessive | Matildassa | Matildoissa | ||
elative | Matildasta | Matildoista | ||
illative | Matildaan | Matildoihin | ||
adessive | Matildalla | Matildoilla | ||
ablative | Matildalta | Matildoilta | ||
allative | Matildalle | Matildoille | ||
essive | Matildana | Matildoina | ||
translative | Matildaksi | Matildoiksi | ||
abessive | Matildatta | Matildoitta | ||
instructive | — | Matildoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Old French Mathilde, from Old High German maht, meht (“might”) + hild, hilta (“battle”).
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Matilda f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Matilda
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Matilda f (genitive singular Matildy, nominative plural Matildy, declension pattern of žena)
- a female given name.
Declension
Declension of Matilda
Further reading
- “Matilda”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Swedish
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Matilda c (genitive Matildas)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Matilda.
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