Euler

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Euler. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɔɪlə/, (sometimes proscribed) /ˈjuːlə/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɔɪləɹ/, (sometimes proscribed) /ˈjuːləɹ/ Homophone: oiler Rhymes: -ɔɪlə(ɹ), -uːlə(ɹ) === Proper noun === Euler A surname. Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist. ==== Derived terms ==== See also List of things named after Leonhard Euler ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Reuel, reule == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Alemannic German Äuler (“potter”), seemingly from a Middle High German rebracketing of Old French ole (“pot”) as having the agent noun suffix -er; ultimately from Latin ōlla (“pot; jar”). Compare obsolete German Eulwerk (“pottery”). === Pronunciation === (Germany) IPA(key): /ˈɔɪ̯lɐ/ (Switzerland) IPA(key): [ˈœy̯ləʁ] Rhymes: -ɔɪ̯lɐ === Proper noun === Euler m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Eulers or (with an article) Euler, feminine genitive Euler, plural Eulers or Euler) a surname originating as an occupation Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “Euler” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.