Alexander
English
Etymology
Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ALEXANDERCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂lek-#ALEXANDERBorrowed from LatinCategory:English terms borrowed from Latin#ALEXANDERCategory:English terms derived from Latin#ALEXANDER Alexander, from Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#ALEXANDER Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-), the stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Doublet of Alastair, Alejandro, Iskandar, Sikandar, Alessandro, and AlexandreCategory:English doublets#ALEXANDER.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌælɪɡˈzændɚ/Category:English 4-syllable words#ALEXANDERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ALEXANDER
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#ALEXANDERAudio (General American): (file) - (æ-raising, rhotic) IPA(key): [ˌælɪɡˈzeəndɚ]Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ALEXANDER
- (æ-raising, non-rhotic) IPA(key): [ˌælɪɡˈzeəndə]Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ALEXANDER
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌalɪɡˈzɑːndə/Category:English 4-syllable words#ALEXANDERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ALEXANDER
- Hyphenation: Al‧ex‧an‧der
- Rhymes: -ɑːndə(ɹ), -ændə(ɹ)Category:Rhymes:English/ɑːndə(ɹ)#ALEXANDERCategory:Rhymes:English/ɑːndə(ɹ)/4 syllables#ALEXANDERCategory:Rhymes:English/ændə(ɹ)#ALEXANDERCategory:Rhymes:English/ændə(ɹ)/4 syllables#ALEXANDER
Proper noun
Alexander (plural Alexanders)Category:English lemmas#ALEXANDERCategory:English proper nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:English countable nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with entries#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#ALEXANDER
- A male given name from Ancient GreekCategory:English given names#ALEXANDERCategory:English male given names#ALEXANDERCategory:English male given names from Ancient Greek#ALEXANDER, most famously held by Alexander the Great.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
- Why may not imagination trace the noble dust of Alexander, till he find it stopping a bung-hole?Category:English terms with quotations#ALEXANDER
- 1765, Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy, Book IV, Chapter 18:
- And for my own part, said my uncle Toby, though I should blush to boast of myself, Trim - yet had my name been Alexander, I could have done no more at Namur than my duty.Category:English terms with quotations#ALEXANDER
- 1985, Anne Tyler, The Accidental Tourist, →ISBN, page 170:
- "My son's name is Alexander," Muriel said. "Did I tell you that? I named him Alexander because it sounded high-class.Category:English terms with quotations#ALEXANDER
- A Scottish surname originating as a patronymicCategory:English surnames#ALEXANDERCategory:English surnames from patronymics#ALEXANDER, anglicized from Scottish GaelicCategory:English terms derived from Scottish Gaelic#ALEXANDER Mac Alasdair (“son of Alexander”).
- 2023 April 17, Will Sommer, “‘Stop the Steal’ Organizer Apologizes After Being Accused of Asking Teen Boys for D*ck Pics”, in The Daily Beast, archived from the original on 20 April 2023:
- Yiannopoulos started releasing video interviews and other evidence meant to prove that [Ali] Alexander sexually propositioned both adult men in their 20s and at least two teenagers.Category:English terms with quotations#ALEXANDER
- A place in the United StatesCategory:en:Places in the United States#ALEXANDER:
- A city in Pulaski County and Saline County, ArkansasCategory:en:Cities in Arkansas, USA#ALEXANDERCategory:en:Cities in the United States#ALEXANDERCategory:en:Places in Arkansas, USA#ALEXANDERCategory:en:Places in the United States#ALEXANDER.
- An unincorporated community in Burke County, Georgia; named for early settler Hugh AlexanderCategory:en:Unincorporated communities in Georgia, USA#ALEXANDERCategory:en:Places in Georgia, USA#ALEXANDERCategory:en:Places in the United States#ALEXANDER.
- A minor city in Franklin County, IowaCategory:en:Cities in Iowa, USA#ALEXANDERCategory:en:Cities in the United States#ALEXANDERCategory:en:Places in Iowa, USA#ALEXANDERCategory:en:Places in the United States#ALEXANDER.
- A minor city in Rush County, Kansas; named for early settler Alexander HarveyCategory:en:Cities in Kansas, USA#ALEXANDERCategory:en:Cities in the United States#ALEXANDERCategory:en:Places in Kansas, USA#ALEXANDERCategory:en:Places in the United States#ALEXANDER.
- A town in Washington County, Maine; named for British politician and financier Alexander Baring, 1st Baron AshburtonCategory:en:Towns in Maine, USA#ALEXANDERCategory:en:Towns in the United States#ALEXANDERCategory:en:Places in Maine, USA#ALEXANDERCategory:en:Places in the United States#ALEXANDER.
- A town and village therein, in Genesee County, New York; named for early settler Alexander ReaCategory:en:Towns in New York, USA#ALEXANDERCategory:en:Towns in the United States#ALEXANDERCategory:en:Villages in New York, USA#ALEXANDERCategory:en:Villages in the United States#ALEXANDERCategory:en:Places in New York, USA#ALEXANDERCategory:en:Places in the United States#ALEXANDER.
- A minor city in McKenzie County, North Dakota; named for early North Dakota politician Alexander McKenzieCategory:en:Cities in North Dakota, USA#ALEXANDERCategory:en:Cities in the United States#ALEXANDERCategory:en:Places in North Dakota, USA#ALEXANDERCategory:en:Places in the United States#ALEXANDER.
- An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia; named for local lumber businessman John M. AlexanderCategory:en:Unincorporated communities in West Virginia, USA#ALEXANDERCategory:en:Places in West Virginia, USA#ALEXANDERCategory:en:Places in the United States#ALEXANDER.
- A rural municipality in eastern Manitoba, CanadaCategory:en:Rural municipalities of Manitoba, Canada#ALEXANDERCategory:en:Places in Manitoba, Canada#ALEXANDERCategory:en:Places in Canada#ALEXANDER.
- A community in the Rural Municipality of Whitehead, Manitoba, Canada; named for early settler Alexander SpeersCategory:en:Villages in Manitoba, Canada#ALEXANDERCategory:en:Villages in Canada#ALEXANDERCategory:en:Places in Manitoba, Canada#ALEXANDERCategory:en:Places in Canada#ALEXANDER.
Derived terms
- Al
- Alec
- Aleck
- Alex
- Alexander Archipelago
- Alexander Archipelago wolf
- Alexander beetle (Megadromus antarcticusCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Megadromus%20antarcticus)
- Alexander County
- Alexander Hamilton
- Alexander horned ball
- Alexander horned sphere
- Alexander I Island
- Alexander Island
- Alexandrian
- Alexandrine
- alexandrine
- Alistair
- Gates of Alexander
- Lex
- Mount Alexander
- Sandro
- Sandy
- Sasha
- Xan
- Xander
Related terms
Translations
Noun
Alexander (plural Alexanders)Category:English lemmas#ALEXANDERCategory:English nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:English countable nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with entries#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#ALEXANDER
- Alternative letter-case form of alexander.
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈalɛksandr̩]Category:Czech terms with IPA pronunciation#ALEXANDER
Proper noun
Alexander m animCategory:Czech lemmas#ALEXANDERCategory:Czech proper nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:Czech terms spelled with X#ALEXANDERCategory:Czech entries with incorrect language header#ALEXANDERCategory:Czech masculine nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:Czech animate nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with entries#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#ALEXANDER
- a male given name, equivalent to English AlexanderCategory:Czech given names#ALEXANDERCategory:Czech male given names#ALEXANDER
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Alexander | Alexanderové, Alexandrové |
| genitive | Alexandera, Alexandra | Alexanderů, Alexandrů |
| dative | Alexanderovi, Alexanderu, Alexandrovi, Alexandru | Alexanderům, Alexandrům |
| accusative | Alexandera, Alexandra | Alexandery, Alexandry |
| vocative | Alexandere, Alexandře | Alexanderové, Alexandrové |
| locative | Alexanderovi, Alexanderu, Alexandrovi, Alexandru | Alexanderech, Alexandrech |
| instrumental | Alexanderem, Alexandrem | Alexandery, Alexandry |
Further reading
- “Alexander”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2026, slovnikcestiny.cz
- “Alexander”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
Danish
Proper noun
AlexanderCategory:Danish lemmas#ALEXANDERCategory:Danish proper nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:Danish terms spelled with X#ALEXANDERCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with entries#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#ALEXANDER
- a male given name, equivalent to English AlexanderCategory:Danish given names#ALEXANDERCategory:Danish male given names#ALEXANDER
Related terms
Dutch
Etymology
From Ancient GreekCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from Ancient Greek#ALEXANDERCategory:Dutch terms derived from Ancient Greek#ALEXANDER Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Alexander mCategory:Dutch lemmas#ALEXANDERCategory:Dutch proper nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#ALEXANDERCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with entries#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#ALEXANDER
- a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English AlexanderCategory:Dutch given names#ALEXANDERCategory:Dutch male given names#ALEXANDERCategory:Dutch male given names from Ancient Greek#ALEXANDER
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German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˌalɛˈksandɐ]Category:German terms with IPA pronunciation#ALEXANDER
Category:German terms with audio pronunciation#ALEXANDERAudio (Austria): (file)
Category:German terms with audio pronunciation#ALEXANDERAudio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) - Hyphenation: A‧le‧xan‧der
Proper noun
AlexanderCategory:German lemmas#ALEXANDERCategory:German proper nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with entries#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#ALEXANDER
- a male given name, feminine equivalent Alexandra or Sandra, equivalent to English Alexander; diminutive forms Alex, Sandro, SaschaCategory:German given names#ALEXANDERCategory:German male given names#ALEXANDER
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from LatinCategory:Hungarian terms borrowed from Latin#ALEXANDERCategory:Hungarian terms derived from Latin#ALEXANDER Alexander, from Ancient GreekCategory:Hungarian terms derived from Ancient Greek#ALEXANDER Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒlɛksɒndɛr]Category:Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation#ALEXANDER
- Rhymes: -ɛrCategory:Rhymes:Hungarian/ɛr#ALEXANDERCategory:Rhymes:Hungarian/ɛr/4 syllables#ALEXANDER
- Hyphenation: Ale‧xan‧der
- Syllabification: A‧le‧xan‧der
Proper noun
AlexanderCategory:Hungarian lemmas#ALEXANDERCategory:Hungarian proper nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:Hungarian entries with incorrect language header#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with entries#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#ALEXANDER
- a male given name from Ancient GreekCategory:Hungarian given names#ALEXANDERCategory:Hungarian male given names#ALEXANDERCategory:Hungarian male given names from Ancient Greek#ALEXANDER
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Alexander | Alexanderek |
| accusative | Alexandert | Alexandereket |
| dative | Alexandernek | Alexandereknek |
| instrumental | Alexanderrel | Alexanderekkel |
| causal-final | Alexanderért | Alexanderekért |
| translative | Alexanderré | Alexanderekké |
| terminative | Alexanderig | Alexanderekig |
| essive-formal | Alexanderként | Alexanderekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Alexanderben | Alexanderekben |
| superessive | Alexanderen | Alexandereken |
| adessive | Alexandernél | Alexandereknél |
| illative | Alexanderbe | Alexanderekbe |
| sublative | Alexanderre | Alexanderekre |
| allative | Alexanderhez | Alexanderekhez |
| elative | Alexanderből | Alexanderekből |
| delative | Alexanderről | Alexanderekről |
| ablative | Alexandertől | Alexanderektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
Alexanderé | Alexandereké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
Alexanderéi | Alexanderekéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | Alexanderem | AlexandereimCategory:Hungarian links with redundant wikilinks#ALEXANDERCategory:Hungarian links with redundant alt parameters#ALEXANDER |
| 2nd person sing. | Alexandered | AlexandereidCategory:Hungarian links with redundant wikilinks#ALEXANDERCategory:Hungarian links with redundant alt parameters#ALEXANDER |
| 3rd person sing. | AlexandereCategory:Hungarian links with redundant wikilinks#ALEXANDERCategory:Hungarian links with redundant alt parameters#ALEXANDER | AlexandereiCategory:Hungarian links with redundant wikilinks#ALEXANDERCategory:Hungarian links with redundant alt parameters#ALEXANDER |
| 1st person plural | Alexanderünk | AlexandereinkCategory:Hungarian links with redundant wikilinks#ALEXANDERCategory:Hungarian links with redundant alt parameters#ALEXANDER |
| 2nd person plural | Alexanderetek | AlexandereitekCategory:Hungarian links with redundant wikilinks#ALEXANDERCategory:Hungarian links with redundant alt parameters#ALEXANDER |
| 3rd person plural | AlexanderükCategory:Hungarian links with redundant wikilinks#ALEXANDERCategory:Hungarian links with redundant alt parameters#ALEXANDER | AlexandereikCategory:Hungarian links with redundant wikilinks#ALEXANDERCategory:Hungarian links with redundant alt parameters#ALEXANDER |
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Alexander m (proper noun, genitive singular Alexanders)Category:Icelandic lemmas#ALEXANDERCategory:Icelandic proper nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:Icelandic uncountable nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:Icelandic entries with incorrect language header#ALEXANDERCategory:Icelandic masculine nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with entries#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#ALEXANDER
- a male given name, equivalent to English AlexanderCategory:Icelandic given names#ALEXANDERCategory:Icelandic male given names#ALEXANDER
Declension
| indefinite singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Alexander |
| accusative | Alexander |
| dative | Alexanderi |
| genitive | Alexanders |
Related terms
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Category:Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ALEXANDERCategory:Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂lek-#ALEXANDERBorrowed from Ancient GreekCategory:Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek#ALEXANDERCategory:Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek#ALEXANDER Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to defend”) + ἀνδρός (andrós, genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”)).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Alexander m (genitive Alexandrī)Category:Latin lemmas#ALEXANDERCategory:Latin proper nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:Latin second declension nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:Latin masculine nouns in the second declension#ALEXANDERCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#ALEXANDERCategory:Latin masculine nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with entries#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#ALEXANDER; second declension
- a masculine praenomenCategory:Latin praenomina
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
Descendants
- Corsican: Lisandru
- Emilian: Alessander
- ⇒ Emilian: Alesànder
- Italian: Alessandro
- Sicilian: Alissantru
- Ligurian: Lusciandro
- Lombard: Lissander
- Old Navarro-Aragonese:
- → Asturian: Aleixandre
- Neapolitan: Alessandro
- Old French: Alixandre
- Old Leonese:
- Old Occitan:
- Old Galician-Portuguese: Alexandre
- Old Spanish:
- Piedmontese: Lissànder
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: Lissandri
- Sardinian: Lisandru
- Sicilian: Lisciànniru
- Venetan: Lisandru
- → Albanian: Aleksandër
- → Alemannic German: Alexander
- ⇒ Alemannic German: Xandi
- → Aromanian: Alexandru
- → Basque: Alesander
- → Bengali: আলেকজান্ডার (alekojanḍar)
- → Dutch: Alexander
- Afrikaans: Alexander
- → English: Alexander
- Jamaican Creole: Aligzanda
- → Chinese:
- Cantonese: 亞歷山大 / 亚历山大 (aa3 lik6 saan1 daai6)Category:Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations#ALEXANDER
- Mandarin: 亞歷山大 / 亚历山大 (Yàlìshāndà)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#ALEXANDER
- Eastern Min: 亞歷山大 / 亚历山大 (Ā-lĭk-săng-dâi)Category:Eastern Min terms with redundant transliterations#ALEXANDER
- → Vietnamese: A Lịch Sơn
- → Hawaiian: Alekanekelo
- → Estonian: Aleksander
- → Faroese: Aleksandur, Alexandur
- → Finnish: Aleksanteri
- → German: Alexander
- → Hebrew: אלכסנדר (aleksánder)
- → Hungarian: Alexander
- ⇒ Hungarian: Sándor
- → Icelandic: Alexander
- → Korean: 알렉산더 (Alleksandeo)
- → Latvian: Aleksandrs
- → Limburgish: Alexander
- → Lithuanian: Aleksándras
- → Livvi: Aleksanderi
- → Low German: Alexander
- → North Frisian: Alexander
- → Norwegian: Alexander, Aleksander
- → Old Danish: Alexander
- Danish: Aleksander, Alexander
- → Greenlandic: Alegsantere, Alassanteri, Aleksantare, Alexandari
- Danish: Aleksander, Alexander
- → Old Irish: Alaxander
- → Old Swedish: Alesant, Alefant, Alexander, Alesantar, Alinsant, Alinsanter, Allexander, Allexandher, Halsand
- Swedish: Alexander, Aleksander
- → Polish: Aleksander
- → Romanian: Alexandru
- → Samogitian: Aleksėndra
- → Scots: Elshinder, Elshinner
- → Silesian: Aleksander
- → Slovene: Aleksander
- → Saterland Frisian: Alexander
- → Swedish: Alexander
- → Thai: อเล็กซานเดอร์ (alèksaanáde)
- → Uzbek: Aleksandr
- → Veps: Alexandr
- → Võro: Aleksandri
- → Welsh: Alecsander
- → West Frisian: Aleksander
- → Yiddish: אַלעקסאַנדער (aleksander)
- → Zealandic: Alexander
- → Zhuang: Ahlijsanda
References
- “Alexander”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Norwegian
Alternative forms
Proper noun
AlexanderCategory:Norwegian lemmas#ALEXANDERCategory:Norwegian proper nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:Norwegian terms spelled with X#ALEXANDERCategory:Norwegian entries with incorrect language header#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with entries#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#ALEXANDER
- a male given name, equivalent to English AlexanderCategory:Norwegian given names#ALEXANDERCategory:Norwegian male given names#ALEXANDER
Related terms
References
Old English
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Old English terms borrowed from Latin#ALEXANDERCategory:Old English terms derived from Latin#ALEXANDER Alexander, from Ancient GreekCategory:Old English terms derived from Ancient Greek#ALEXANDER Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros)
Proper noun
Alexander mCategory:Old English lemmas#ALEXANDERCategory:Old English proper nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#ALEXANDERCategory:Old English masculine nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with entries#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#ALEXANDER
- Alexander the Great
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
- On þǣm dagum wæs Alexander ġeboren on Crēcum swā swā ān miċel ȳst cōme ofer ealne middenġeard.
- In those days Alexander was born in Greece, like a great storm coming over all the Earth.
- Wonders of the East
- Þā wīf syndon ðrēotȳne fōta lange ⁊ heora līċ bið on marmorstānes hwītnysse. ⁊ hī habbað olfenda fēt ⁊ eoferes tēð. For heora unclēnnesse hīe ġefelde wurdon fram ðām mycclan macedoniscȧn Alexandre. Þā hē hī lifiende ġefōn ne mihte þā ācwealde hē hī for ðam hī syndon ǣwisċe on līchoman ⁊ unweorðe.
- Those women are thirteen feet tall and their bodies are the whiteness of marble. And they have the feet of camels and teeth of a boar. For their uncleanliness, they were killed by Alexander the Great of Macedon. He killed them because he could not capture them alive, because they are worthless and foul of body.
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Alexander | — |
| accusative | Alexander | — |
| genitive | Alexandres | — |
| dative | Alexandre | — |
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from EnglishCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from English#ALEXANDERCategory:Portuguese unadapted borrowings from English#ALEXANDERCategory:Portuguese terms derived from English#ALEXANDER Alexander. Doublet of Alexandre and AlessandroCategory:Portuguese doublets#ALEXANDER.
Proper noun
Alexander mCategory:Portuguese lemmas#ALEXANDERCategory:Portuguese proper nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:Portuguese uncountable proper nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#ALEXANDERCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with entries#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#ALEXANDER
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈalɛksandər]Category:Scots terms with IPA pronunciation#ALEXANDER
Proper noun
AlexanderCategory:Scots lemmas#ALEXANDERCategory:Scots proper nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:Scots entries with incorrect language header#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with entries#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#ALEXANDER
- a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English AlexanderCategory:Scots given names#ALEXANDERCategory:Scots male given names#ALEXANDERCategory:Scots male given names from Ancient Greek#ALEXANDER
Derived terms
See also
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aleksander/, [ˈaleksander]Category:Slovak 4-syllable words#ALEXANDERCategory:Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation#ALEXANDER
- Rhymes: -anderCategory:Rhymes:Slovak/ander#ALEXANDERCategory:Rhymes:Slovak/ander/4 syllables#ALEXANDER
- Hyphenation: A‧le‧xan‧der
- Homophone: alexanderCategory:Slovak terms with homophones#ALEXANDER
Proper noun
Alexander m pers (diminutive Alinko or Šaňko)Category:Slovak lemmas#ALEXANDERCategory:Slovak proper nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:Slovak terms spelled with X#ALEXANDERCategory:Slovak entries with incorrect language header#ALEXANDERCategory:Slovak masculine nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:Slovak personal nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with entries#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#ALEXANDER
- a male given name, equivalent to English AlexanderCategory:Slovak given names#ALEXANDERCategory:Slovak male given names#ALEXANDER
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Alexander | Alexandrovia |
| genitive | Alexandra | Alexandrov |
| dative | Alexandrovi | Alexandrom |
| accusative | Alexandra | Alexandrov |
| locative | Alexandrovi | Alexandroch |
| instrumental | Alexandrom | Alexandrami |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Alexander”, 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, 2003–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from EnglishCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from English#ALEXANDERCategory:Spanish unadapted borrowings from English#ALEXANDERCategory:Spanish terms derived from English#ALEXANDER Alexander. Doublet of AlejandroCategory:Spanish doublets#ALEXANDER.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aleɡˈsandeɾ/ [a.leɣ̞ˈsãn̪.d̪eɾ]Category:Spanish 4-syllable words#ALEXANDERCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#ALEXANDER
- Rhymes: -andeɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/andeɾ#ALEXANDERCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/andeɾ/4 syllables#ALEXANDER
- Syllabification: A‧le‧xan‧der
- IPA(key): /alɪɡˈseəndɚ/ [alɪɣ̞ˈseən̪d̪ɚ]Category:Spanish 5-syllable words#ALEXANDERCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#ALEXANDER
- IPA(key): /ˈælɪɡseəndɚ/ [ˈælɪɣ̞seən̪d̪ɚ]Category:Spanish 5-syllable words#ALEXANDERCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#ALEXANDER
Proper noun
Alexander mCategory:Spanish lemmas#ALEXANDERCategory:Spanish proper nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:Spanish uncountable proper nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#ALEXANDERCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with entries#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#ALEXANDER
Swedish
Etymology
Equivalent to English Alexander. First recorded in Sweden (Scania) in 1201.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Alexander c (genitive Alexanders)Category:Swedish lemmas#ALEXANDERCategory:Swedish proper nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#ALEXANDERCategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with entries#ALEXANDERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#ALEXANDER
Related terms
- (male given names) Alex
- (female names) Alexandra, Sandra
- (surnames) Alexandersson
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 70 150 males with the given name Alexander living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

