earl

See also: Earl

English

Etymology

From Middle English erle, erl, from Old English eorl, from Proto-Germanic *erlaz (compare Old Norse jarl, Old High German and Old Saxon erl), from Proto-Germanic *erōną, *arōną (compare Old Norse jara (“fight, battle”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁er- (compare Latin orior (“to rise, get up”), Ancient Greek ὄρνυμι (órnumi, “to urge, incite”), Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬙𐬌 (ər^ənaoⁱti, “to move”), Sanskrit ऋणोति (ṛṇóti, “to arise, reach, move, attack”)). Also displaced unrelated but similar ealdorman (“alderman”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ûrl
• IPA^(key): /ɜːl/
• IPA^(key): /ɝl/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)l
• Homophone: URL

Noun

earl (plural earls)

1. (nobility) A British or Irish nobleman next in rank above a viscount and below a marquess; equivalent to a European count. A female using the style is termed a countess.
2. (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus . Other butterflies in this genus are called counts and viscounts.

Derived terms

• belted earl
• earldom

Translations

a British or Irish nobleman

• Armenian: կոմս (hy) (koms)
• Bulgarian: граф m (graf)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伯爵 (zh) (bójué)

• Cornish: yurl m
• Czech: hrabě (cs) m
• Danish: jarl c
• Dutch: graaf (nl) m
• Esperanto: grafo (eo)
• Faroese: jarl m
• Finnish: jaarli (fi)
• French: comte (fr)
• German: Graf (de)
• Greek: κόμης (el) m (kómis)
• Hungarian: gróf (hu)
• Icelandic: jarl (is) m
• Ido: komto (io)
• Irish: iarla (ga) m
• Italian: conte (it) m
• Japanese: 伯爵 (ja) (はくしゃく, hakushaku)
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• Khmer: ព្រះ (km) (preah)
• Latin: comes m
• Macedonian: ерл m (erl), гроф m (grof)
• Manx: eearley m
• Marathi: अर्ल m (arla)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: jarl m, greve (no) m

  Nynorsk: jarl m, greve m

• Old English: eorl m
• Old Norse: jarl m
• Portuguese: conde (pt) m
• Romanian: conte (ro) m
• Russian: граф (ru) m (graf)
• Scottish Gaelic: iarla m
• Spanish: conde (es) m
• Swedish: jarl (sv) c
• Thai: เอิร์ล
• Vietnamese: bá tước (vi)
• Welsh: iarll m

Anagrams

• Arel, Elar, Lare, Lear, Rael, Raël, Real, lare, lear, rale, real