Roger

== English == === Etymology === From Old French Rogier, from the Frankish equivalent of Old English Hrōþgār (see Hroðgar), from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþigaizaz (“fame-spear”). Compare also Rutger. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɒd͡ʒ.ə/ (General American) enPR: rŏʹjər, IPA(key): /ˈɹɑ.d͡ʒɚ/ (Ghanaian) IPA(key): [ˈroː.dʒɐ] Rhymes: -ɒdʒə(ɹ) Hyphenation: Rog‧er === Noun === Roger (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter R. Synonym: Romeo === Proper noun === Roger (plural Rogers) A male given name from the Germanic languages. (rare compared to given name) A surname originating as a patronymic. (dialectal, obsolete) The Devil; Satan. Jolly Roger (pirate flag) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Hodge Rodger Rog ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Reorg., gorer, reorg == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ruˈʒe̞] IPA(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [roˈʒe] IPA(key): (Central) [ruˈʒe] IPA(key): (Valencia) [roˈd͡ʒeɾ] === Proper noun === Roger m Roger == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁɔ.ʒe/, /ʁɔ.dʒœʁ/ === Proper noun === Roger m a male given name, from Old French Rogier (itself from Old Frankish), which was borrowed into English as Roger a surname originating as a patronymic == Norwegian == === Etymology === From English Roger and French Roger in the 19th century. Equated with Norwegian Roar. === Proper noun === Roger a male given name === References === Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 9 093 males with the given name Roger living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011. == Swedish == === Etymology === From English and French Roger. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1789. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Roger c (genitive Rogers) a male given name === References === Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 38 843 males with the given name Roger living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.