Zenon

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See also: Zénon

English

Proper noun

Zenon (plural Zenons)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Zenon is the 19911st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1348 individuals. Zenon is most common among Black/African American (44.14%), Hispanic/Latino (35.53%), and White (13.72%) individuals.

Latin

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζήνων (Zḗnōn), an ancient derivative of Ζεύς (Zeús), from Proto-Hellenic *dzéus, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Zēnōn m sg (genitive Zēnōnis); third declension

  1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, feminine equivalent Zēna, equivalent to Ancient Greek Ζήνων (Zḗnōn) or English Zeno

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Zēnōn
genitive Zēnōnis
dative Zēnōnī
accusative Zēnōnem
ablative Zēnōne
vocative Zēnōn

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Zenon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1701.
  • Zēno in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 3571

Occitan

Proper noun

Zenon m (Gascony)

  1. A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Zeno

Further reading

  • Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, page 157.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɛ.nɔn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnɔn
  • Syllabification: Ze‧non

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ζήνων (Zḗnōn).

Proper noun

Zenon m pers (female equivalent Zenona, diminutive Zenek)

  1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Zeno
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

Zenon f

  1. genitive plural of Zenona

Further reading

  • Zenon in Polish dictionaries at PWN