Hugo

See also: Hugó

English

Etymology

From Old French Hugo, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hugi (thought, mind, spirit).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhjuɡoʊ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uːɡəʊ

Proper noun

Hugo

  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, a Latinized form of Hugh.
    • 1986, Kitty Burns Florey, Real Life, Morrow, →ISBN, page 34:
      He had liked a girl named Sandra in seventh grade. "Where did you get the name Hugo?" she had asked him once. "It sounds like a made-up name. What's your real name, Hugo? Or are you a Russian spy?"
  2. A surname from French.
  3. A statutory town, the county seat of Lincoln County, Colorado, United States.
  4. A city, the county seat of Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States. It was named after Victor Hugo.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

Hugo (plural Hugos)

  1. A Hugo Award, a statuette given out by the World Science Fiction Society.
    • 2018, James Gunn, Alternate Worlds, McFarland, →ISBN, page 262:
      Red Mars (1992) won a Nebula and Green Mars (1993) won a Hugo.

Anagrams


Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦuɡo]

Proper noun

Hugo m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hugh or Hugo

Danish

Proper noun

Hugo

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hugh or Hugo

Estonian

Proper noun

Hugo

  1. a male given name

French

Etymology

From Old French Hugo, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hugi (thought, mind, spirit).

Pronunciation

  • (aspirated h) IPA(key): /y.ɡo/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Hugo m

  1. a male given name, a Latinized form of Hugues
  2. a surname
    Victor Hugo, a French poet, novelist, and dramatist

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhuːɡo/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Hugo m (proper noun, strong, genitive Hugos)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hugh or Hugo

Noun

Hugo m (strong, genitive Hugos or Hugo, plural Hugos)

  1. cocktail prepared with Prosecco, elderflower or lemon balm syrup, mint, and soda

Further reading


Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German Hugo, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hugiz.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Hugo m (genitive Hugonis); third declension

  1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) a male given name, equivalent to English Hugh

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Hugo Hugonēs
Genitive Hugonis Hugonum
Dative Hugonī Hugonibus
Accusative Hugonem Hugonēs
Ablative Hugone Hugonibus
Vocative Hugo Hugonēs

Norwegian

Proper noun

Hugo

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hugh or Hugo

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old French Hugo, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hugi (thought, mind, spirit).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈu.ɡu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈu.ɡo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈu.ɡu/ [ˈu.ɣu]

Proper noun

Hugo m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hugh or Hugo

Slovak

Etymology

From French Hugo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦuɡo]

Proper noun

Hugo m (genitive singular Huga, nominative plural Hugovia, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hugh or Hugo

Declension

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Old French Hugo, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (thought, mind, spirit).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuɡo/ [ˈu.ɣ̞o]
  • Rhymes: -uɡo
  • Syllabification: Hu‧go

Proper noun

Hugo m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hugh or Hugo

Swedish

Proper noun

Hugo c (genitive Hugos)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hugh or Hugo
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