Albert , the free dictionary

English[edit]

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Albert

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Etymology[edit]

From Old English Æþelbeorht, from Proto-West Germanic *Aþalberht, a compound of *aþalaz (“noble”) + *berhtaz (“bright, famous”), or from Old French Albert, from Latin Albertus, itself from the Germanic name. Regardless of the exact route, it is a doublet of Ethelbert. It became popular in 19th-century England due to Queen Victoria’s consort, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

Pronunciation[edit]

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæl.bɚt/

  • Audio (Southern England)

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Proper noun[edit]

Albert (countable and uncountable, plural Alberts)

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
   • 1862, Alfred Tennyson, The Idylls of the King: Dedication::

     Thou noble Father of her Kings to be - - - / Dear to thy land and ours, a Prince indeed, / Beyond all titles, and a household name, / Hereafter, thro' all times, Albert the Good.

   • 1956, Eddie Condon, Thomas Sugrue, We Called it Music: A Generation of Jazz., Peter Davies, page 40:

     Helena was not flattered. "Albert just doesn't appreciate music," she said. They all called me Albert then. I thought it was a fine name; I like elegance.

   • 2000, Anne Enright, What Are You Like?, Random House, published 2001, →ISBN, page 85:

     Hogan, Byrne, O'Brien. She stopped at one name. Albert Delahunty — what Catholic in their right mind would call a child Albert?

2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
3. A commune in Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France.
4. A constituency in Belize
5. A city in Kansas
6. A rural municipality of Manitoba
7. A town in New South Wales
8. A ghost town in Texas
9. A crater on the Moon

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

• pet forms: Al, Bert, Bertie
• variants: Ethelbert
• female given names: Alberta, Albertina, Albertine

Translations[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• (crater) Albert (crater)

Noun[edit]

Albert (plural Alberts)

1. Synonym of Albert chain

Anagrams[edit]

• Balter, Bartel, Bartle, Tabler, balter, bralet, labret, tabler

Azerbaijani[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Albert

1. A transliteration of the English male given name Albert.
   • 2018, Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson, Millətlər niyə tənəzzül edir, page 95:

     Bu ölkələrdə, güman ki, çox sayda potensial Bill Geytslər və bir, ya da iki Albert Eynşteyn var, amma onlar təhsil ala bilmədiyi və həyatda öz yerlərini tapmadığı üçün əkinçiliklə məşğul olmağa, ya da hərbi xidmətə getməyə məcburdurlar.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2019 September 6, Xalq Qəzeti‎^[1]:

     Azərbaycan paytaxtında Milli Qəhrəman Albert Aqarunovun xatirəsini əbədiləşdirmək məqsədilə heykəli ucaldılır.

     A monument to the memory of National Hero Albert Agarunov is being erected in the capital of Azerbaijan.

   • 2020, Nicat Tarverdiyev, İslam və Motivasiya, page 75:

     Unutmayın ki, bizim hər birimizin ixtiyarında olan zaman Mikelancelo, Leonardo Da Vinçi, Tomas Cefferson, Paster, Helen Keller, Albert Eynşteyn kimi dahi şəxsiyyətlərin sahib olduğu vaxt qədərdir.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /əlˈbɛɾt/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /əlˈbɛrt/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /alˈbɛɾt/

Proper noun[edit]

Albert m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English Albert.

Proper noun[edit]

Albert

1. a male given name from the Germanic languages

Derived terms[edit]

• Abet

Czech[edit]

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

Albert

Wikipedia ^cs

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): [ˈalbɛrt]

Proper noun[edit]

Albert m anim

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

Declension[edit]

Danish[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Albert

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

Related terms[edit]

• female given name: Alberte

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑl.bərt/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Al‧bert

Proper noun[edit]

Albert m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

Related terms[edit]

• Albrecht, Albertus, Bert, Bertus, Adalbert, Adelbert, Aalbert, Aalbrecht, Alprecht, Alpert

Estonian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlb̥ert/, [ˈɑlb̥ertˑ]

Proper noun[edit]

Albert

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

Faroese[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Albert m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

Usage notes[edit]

Patronymics

• son of Albert: Albertsson
• daughter of Albert: Albertsdóttir

Declension[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English Albert.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlbert/, [ˈɑ̝lbe̞rt̪]
• Rhymes: -ɑlbert
• Syllabification^(key): Al‧bert

Proper noun[edit]

Albert

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

Usage notes[edit]

• Chiefly used as a middle name.

Declension[edit]

Related terms[edit]

• Alpo, Pertti

Statistics[edit]

• Albert is the 352^nd most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 925 male individuals (and as a middle name to 4,371 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• Aubert (rare)

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /al.bɛʁ/

• Audio (Paris)

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• Audio

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Proper noun[edit]

Albert m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert
2. a surname originating as a patronymic

Related terms[edit]

• pet forms: Bébert, Bertin
• feminine forms: Alberte, Albertine

Anagrams[edit]

• tabler

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Contraction of Adalbert, from Old High German adal (“noble”) + beraht (“bright”).

Pronunciation[edit]

• Audio

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Proper noun[edit]

Albert m (proper noun, strong, genitive Alberts)

1. a male given name

Related terms[edit]

• Albrecht, Adalbert, Adelbert, Bert, Brecht, Albertus

Descendants[edit]

Transliterations

• Japanese: アルベルト (Aruberuto)
• → Chinese: → 阿爾貝特／阿尔贝特 (Ā'ěrbèitè) (transliteration)

Hungarian[edit]

Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:

Albert

Wikipedia ^hu

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒlbɛrt]
• Hyphenation: Al‧bert
• Rhymes: -ɛrt

Proper noun[edit]

Albert

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

Declension[edit]

Icelandic[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Albert m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

Declension[edit]

Norwegian[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Albert

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Albert (imię)

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.bɛrt/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -albɛrt
• Syllabification: Al‧bert

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Latin Albertus, from Proto-West Germanic *Aþalberht.

Proper noun[edit]

Albert m pers (feminine Alberta)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun[edit]

Albert f

1. genitive plural of Alberta

Further reading[edit]

• Albert in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Albert in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Albert.

Proper noun[edit]

Albert m (genitive/dative lui Albert)

1. a surname from German

References[edit]

• Iordan, Iorgu (1983) Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names]‎^[2], Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică

Slovak[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): [ˈalbert]

Proper noun[edit]

Albert m anim (genitive singular Alberta, nominative plural Albertovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• Albert in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

First recorded in Sweden in 1283. Cognate with German and English Albert.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /¹albæʈ/

Proper noun[edit]

Albert c (genitive Alberts)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

Related terms[edit]

• pet form: Abbe
• female given name: Albertina