Ernest

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed in the 18th century from Ernst, a medieval royal name in Germany, from Old High German ernust (“vigor, strife”), only remotely related to modern German ernst or English earnest. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɜː(ɹ)nɪst/ Homophones: Earnest, earnest === Proper noun === Ernest A male given name from the Germanic languages; popular in the 19th century. A surname. ==== Related terms ==== pet form: Ernie female given name: Ernestine ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === renest, Enters, enters, ternes, nester, treens, strene, Teners, tenser, resent, sterne, Sterne, Treens, Senter, rentes, entres == Albanian == === Proper noun === Ernest m a male given name == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Ernst, a medieval royal name in Germany, from Old High German ernust (“vigor, strife”). === Proper noun === Ernest m a male given name, equivalent to English Ernest == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Ernst. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛʁ.nɛst/ === Proper noun === Ernest m a male given name === Anagrams === entres, entrés rentes, rentés sterne ternes == Norman == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Proper noun === Ernest m a male given name, equivalent to English Ernest == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Ernst, from Middle High German ernest, from Old High German ernust, from Proto-Germanic *ernustuz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛr.nɛst/ Rhymes: -ɛrnɛst Syllabification: Er‧nest === Proper noun === Ernest m pers (female equivalent Ernestyna, diminutive Erneścik) a male given name, equivalent to English Ernest ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Ernest in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Slovak == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈernest] === Proper noun === Ernest m pers (diminutive Erno or Ero or Erino or Ernesko or Erinko or Erko) a male given name ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Ernest”, 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