Hubert
See also: Hubèrt and Húbert
English
Etymology
From Old French Hubert, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“mind”) + *berhtaz (“bright, famous”). See Saint Hubert.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhjubɚt/
Proper noun
Hubert (plural Huberts)
- A male given name from the Germanic languages, borne by an 8th-century bishop of Liège, patron saint of hunters.
- c. 1596, William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):: Act IV, Scene I:
- An if an angel should have come to me
- And told me Hubert should put out mine eyes
- I would not have believed him; no tongue but Hubert's.
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- A surname.
Translations
male given name
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Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɦubɛrt]
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɦy.bərt/, (French-based pronunciation) /(ɦ)yˈbɛr/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Hu‧bert
Estonian
Proper noun
- a male given name from German, equivalent to English Hubert
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /y.bɛʁ/
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Hubert m (proper noun, strong, genitive Huberts)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Hubert
Derived terms
- Huberta
- Hubertina
- Hubertine
Old French
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxu.bɛrt/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ubɛrt
- Syllabification: Hu‧bert
Declension
Related terms
Romanian
References
- Iordan, Iorgu (1983) Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names], Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɦubɛrt/
Proper noun
Hubert m (genitive singular Huberta, nominative plural Hubertovia, declension pattern of chlap)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Hubert
Declension
Derived terms
- Hubertko
Further reading
- Hubert in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
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