paladin

See also: paladín and palladin

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French paladin, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian paladino, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin palatinus (“palace officer”), derived from palatium (“palace”). Doublet of palatine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpælədɪn/

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Noun

paladin (plural paladins)

1. A heroic champion (especially a knightly one).
2. A defender or advocate of a noble cause. (A defender of faith).
3. Any of the twelve Companions of the court of Emperor Charlemagne.

Translations

heroic champion

• Catalan: paladí m
• Czech: paladin (cs) m
• Dutch: paladijn (nl) m
• German: Paladin (de) m
• Greek: ιππότης (el) (ippótis), παλαδίνος (el) (paladínos)
• Ido: paladino (io)
• Irish: palaidín m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: paladino (it) m, paladina (it) f
• Latin: pugnator m, pugnatrix f
• Polish: paladyn m
• Portuguese: paladino m
• Russian: паладин (ru) (historical or fantasy), храмовник (ru) (lit. "templar")
• Serbo-Croatian: paladin (sh) m
• Slovene: paladin m
• Spanish: paladín (es) m

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French

Etymology

From Italian paladino, from Latin palatīnus. Doublet of palatin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.la.dɛ̃/

Noun

paladin m (plural paladins)

1. paladin

References

• “paladin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paladíːn/

Noun

paladȋn m anim

1. paladin

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	paladín
gen. sing.	paladína
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	paladín	paladína	paladíni
genitive (rodȋlnik)	paladína	paladínov	paladínov
dative (dajȃlnik)	paladínu	paladínoma	paladínom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	paladína	paladína	paladíne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	paladínu	paladínih	paladínih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	paladínom	paladínoma	paladíni