Melchior

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English

Etymology

From Latin Melchior, from Hebrew מלכיאור (“king of light”), from מלך (“king”) + אור (“light”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛl.ki.ɔː(ɹ)/

Noun

Melchior (plural Melchiors)

  1. A very large wine bottle (named after the King) with the capacity of about 18 liters, equivalent to 24 standard bottles.

Proper noun

Melchior

  1. One of the Magi according to medieval Christian legend.
  2. (rather rare) A male given name from Hebrew.
    • 1991, Angela Carter, Wise Children, Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 16:
      So twin boys, our fathers, were born in the USA. Melchior and Peregrine. What names, eh? What delusions of grandeur went into the naming of them? If you shorten them to 'Mel' and 'Perry', they've got a democratically twentieth-century and transatlantic ring to them.

Translations

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Melchior

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Melchior

Proper noun

Melchior m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Melchiors or (with an article) Melchior, feminine genitive Melchior, plural Melchiors)

  1. a surname transferred from the given name
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