Edgar

See also: EDGAR, and Édgar

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Eagar

Etymology

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Why is the Latino hairstyle called an "Edgar"?”)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛdɡɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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, scene i]:

     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 surname originating as a patronymic.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Edgar County, Illinois.
   2. A minor city and township in Clay County, Nebraska.
   3. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
   4. A village in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
4. A community of Oro-Medonte, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
5. (slang, sometimes derogatory) A hairstyle often sported by Latino teenage boys that combines a bowl cut with a high fade.
   1. (by extension) One who wears that hairstyle

Derived terms

• Edgar County
• Edgartown

Translations

male given name

• Armenian: Էդգար (Ēdgar)
• Bengali: এডগর (eḍogor)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃德加 (zh) (Āidéjiā)

• Dutch: Edgar (nl) m
• Estonian: Edgar
• French: Edgar (fr) m
• Georgian: ედგარი (edgari)
• German: Edgar m
• Greek: Έντγκαρ m (Éntgkar)
• Icelandic: Edgar (is) m
• Italian: Edgardo (it) m
• Korean: 에드거 (edeugeo)
• Latin: Edgarus m
• Latvian: Edgars m
• Norwegian: Edgar m
• Polish: Edgar (pl) m
• Portuguese: Édgar m, Edgar m, Edgardo m
• Spanish: Edgardo (es) m, Édgar m
• Swedish: Edgar (sv)

Noun

Edgar (plural Edgars)

1. (informal) An Edgar Allan Poe Award, honoring works in the mystery genre.

Further reading

• Edgar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Edgar (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• grade, garde, Degar, radge, raged, Agder, Gared, greda, Dager, Adger, Gerda

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Edgar

1. a male given name from English [in turn from Old English]

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Edgar.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English Edgar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛt.xɑr/, /ˈɛt.ɡɑr/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Ed‧gar

Proper noun

Edgar m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Edgar

Estonian

Proper noun

Edgar

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Edgar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛd.ɡaʁ/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Edgar m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Edgar

Anagrams

• égard
• garde, gardé

German

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Edgar m (proper noun, strong, genitive Edgars or Edgar, plural Edgars)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Edgar

Declension

Declension of Edgar [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Edgar	die	Edgars
genitive	eines	des	Edgars, Edgar	der	Edgars
dative	einem	dem	Edgar	den	Edgars
accusative	einen	den	Edgar	die	Edgars

References

• “Edgar” in Duden online

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English Edgar, from Old English Ēadgār. Doublet of Audgeir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹ɛdːɡa(ː)r/

Proper noun

Edgar m (definite Edgaren)

1. a male given name from English

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Édgar, Edgardo

Etymology

Borrowed from English Edgar, from Old English Ēadgār, the name of early English kings, from Old English ēad (“rich”) + gār (“spear”). Compare Icelandic Auðgeir.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ed͡ʒˈɡaʁ/ [ed͡ʒˈɡah], /e.d͡ʒiˈɡaʁ/ [e.d͡ʒiˈɡah], /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡaʁ/ [ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡah], /ˈɛ.d͡ʒi.ɡaʁ/ [ˈɛ.d͡ʒi.ɡah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ed͡ʒˈɡaʁ/ [ed͡ʒˈɡah], /e.d͡ʒiˈɡaʁ/ [e.d͡ʒiˈɡah], /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡaʁ/ [ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡah], /ˈɛ.d͡ʒi.ɡaʁ/ [ˈɛ.d͡ʒi.ɡah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ed͡ʒˈɡaɾ/, /e.d͡ʒiˈɡaɾ/, /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡaɾ/, /ˈɛ.d͡ʒi.ɡaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ed͡ʒˈɡaʁ/ [ed͡ʒˈɡaχ], /e.d͡ʒiˈɡaʁ/ [e.d͡ʒiˈɡaχ], /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡaʁ/ [ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡaχ], /ˈɛ.d͡ʒi.ɡaʁ/ [ˈɛ.d͡ʒi.ɡaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ed͡ʒˈɡaɻ/, /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡaɻ/

• Hyphenation: Ed‧gar

Proper noun

Edgar m

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