Arnold

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Translingual

Proper noun

Arnold

  1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Ferdinand Christian Gustav Arnold (1829-1901).

Further reading

English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From a French version of a Germanic name, from Proto-Germanic *arô (eagle) + *waldą (power). For the first part of the word doublet of erne, -ornis, and ornitho-.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Arnold

  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages brought to England by Normans.
    • 1987 December 7, Newsweek, page 44:
      Arnold used to be a name only a mother could love, but it does not mean nerd anymore. Since Arnold Schwarzenegger stepped out of the gym and onto the screen, it has come to suggest popping delts and giant pecs, a world of undisputed macho.
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  3. A hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA1241).
  4. A market town in Gedling borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5945).
  5. A small town in the Shire of Loddon, Victoria, Australia.
  6. A community of Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  7. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A census-designated place in Calaveras County, California.
    2. An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.
    3. An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Illinois.
    4. An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Illinois.
    5. An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, Iowa.
    6. An unincorporated community in Ness County, Kansas.
    7. A census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
    8. An unincorporated community in Marquette County, Michigan.
    9. A former census-designated place in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, now part of the city of Rice Lake.
    10. A city in Jefferson County, Missouri.
    11. A village in Custer County, Nebraska.
    12. An unincorporated community in Union County, Ohio.
    13. A city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
    14. An unincorporated community in Collin County, Texas.
    15. An unincorporated community in Brooke County, West Virginia.
    16. An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia.
    17. An unincorporated community in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.

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Catalan

Proper noun

Arnold m

  1. Arnold

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Arnold, from a French version of a Germanic name, from Proto-Germanic *arô (eagle) + *waldą (power).

Proper noun

Arnold

  1. a male given name from English

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Arnold.

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Czech

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Arnold m anim (female equivalent Arnoldová)

  1. a male surname transferred from the given name

Declension

Further reading

  • Arnold”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Danish

Proper noun

Arnold

  1. a male given name of Germanic origin

Estonian

Proper noun

Arnold

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Arnold

Faroese

Proper noun

Arnold m

  1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

  • son of Arnold: Arnoldsson
  • daughter of Arnold: Arnoldsdóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Arnold
Accusative Arnold
Dative Arnoldi
Genitive Arnolds

German

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *arô (“eagle”, cf. Aar, Adler) + *waldaz (“ruler”, cf. walten).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Arnold m (proper noun, strong, genitive Arnolds or (with an article) Arnold)

  1. a male given name, Arnold

Proper noun

Arnold m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Arnolds or (with an article) Arnold, plural Arnolds or Arnold)

  1. a surname transferred from the given name

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Arnold

  1. a male given name

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Arnold Arnoldok
accusative Arnoldot Arnoldokat
dative Arnoldnak Arnoldoknak
instrumental Arnolddal Arnoldokkal
causal-final Arnoldért Arnoldokért
translative Arnolddá Arnoldokká
terminative Arnoldig Arnoldokig
essive-formal Arnoldként Arnoldokként
essive-modal
inessive Arnoldban Arnoldokban
superessive Arnoldon Arnoldokon
adessive Arnoldnál Arnoldoknál
illative Arnoldba Arnoldokba
sublative Arnoldra Arnoldokra
allative Arnoldhoz Arnoldokhoz
elative Arnoldból Arnoldokból
delative Arnoldról Arnoldokról
ablative Arnoldtól Arnoldoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Arnoldé Arnoldoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Arnoldéi Arnoldokéi
Possessive forms of Arnold
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Arnoldom Arnoldjaim
2nd person sing. Arnoldod Arnoldjaid
3rd person sing. Arnoldja Arnoldjai
1st person plural Arnoldunk Arnoldjaink
2nd person plural Arnoldotok Arnoldjaitok
3rd person plural Arnoldjuk Arnoldjaik

Norwegian

Proper noun

Arnold

  1. a male given name of Germanic origin

Slovak

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Arnold m anim (genitive singular Arnolda, nominative plural Arnoldovia, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. a male given name

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Arnold”, 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, 2024

Swedish

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Arnold c (genitive Arnolds)

  1. a male given name of Germanic origin

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