Igor

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See also: Ígor

English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

 Igor (given name) on Wikipedia

Transliterated from Russian И́горь (Ígorʹ), a Varangian name derived from Old Norse Yngvarr, Ingvarr, from Yngvi (name of a god) + herr (army). Doublet of Ivor.

Proper noun

Igor (plural Igors)

  1. A male given name from Russian.
Translations

Etymology 2

 Igor (character) on Wikipedia

From the hunchbacked lab assistant to Dr. Victor Frankenstein in the 1931 U.S. film Frankenstein of Universal Studios, which was named "Fritz", and the successor to Dr. Frankenstein found in the third and fourth films, named "Ygor"; which have been conflated in popular culture to become "Igor".

Noun

Igor (plural Igors)

  1. (fiction) A stock character, the lab assistant to a mad scientist, vampire, or miser frequently depicted as being deformed in some manner, physically and/or psychologically.

Anagrams

Czech

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Igor m anim

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Igor

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Italian

Etymology

From Russian.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Igor m

  1. a male given name

Anagrams

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian И́горь (Ígorʹ), from Old Norse Yngvarr.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Igor m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ivor

Declension

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian И́горь (Ígorʹ), from Old Norse Yngvarr.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: I‧gor

Proper noun

Igor m

  1. a male given name from Russian, equivalent to English Igor

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian И́горь (Ígorʹ), derived from Old Norse Yngvarr, Ingvarr, from Yngvi (name of a god) + herr (army).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Igor m pers

  1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Igor
(pattern chlap)
singularplural
nominativeIgorIgorovia
genitiveIgoraIgorov
dativeIgoroviIgorom
accusativeIgoraIgorov
locativeIgoroviIgoroch
instrumentalIgoromIgormi

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Igor”, 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, 2003–2025