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Emil
Emil
English
Proper noun
Emil
- A male given name.
Usage notes
- Like Emile, occasionally used in English since the nineteenth century.
- The feminine form Emily has always been more established and popular.
Translations
male given name
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin Aemilius.
Proper noun
Emil
- A male given name.
References
- Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 45 096 males with the given name have Emil been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the last frequency peak around 2000 . Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Faroese
Proper noun
Emil m
- A male given name
Usage notes
Patronymics
- son of Emil: Emilsson
- daughter of Emil: Emilsdóttir
Declension
| Singular | |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | Emil |
| Accusative | Emil |
| Dative | Emili |
| Genitive | Emils |
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛmil]
- Hyphenation: Emil
Proper noun
Emil
- A male given name.
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Emil | Emilek |
| accusative | Emilt | Emileket |
| dative | Emilnek | Emileknek |
| instrumental | Emillel | Emilekkel |
| causal-final | Emilért | Emilekért |
| translative | Emillé | Emilekké |
| terminative | Emilig | Emilekig |
| essive-formal | Emilként | Emilekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Emilben | Emilekben |
| superessive | Emilen | Emileken |
| adessive | Emilnél | Emileknél |
| illative | Emilbe | Emilekbe |
| sublative | Emilre | Emilekre |
| allative | Emilhez | Emilekhez |
| elative | Emilből | Emilekből |
| delative | Emilről | Emilekről |
| ablative | Emiltől | Emilektől |
| Possessive forms of Emil | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Emilem | Emiljeim |
| 2nd person sing. | Emiled | Emiljeid |
| 3rd person sing. | Emilje | Emiljei |
| 1st person plural | Emilünk | Emiljeink |
| 2nd person plural | Emiletek | Emiljeitek |
| 3rd person plural | Emiljük | Emiljeik |
Romanian
Etymology
Ultimately from the Latin Aemilius, borrowed later or adapted from another language; cf. French Émile, German Emil.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [eˈmil]
Proper noun
Emil m
- A male given name, equivalent to English Emil — famously held by:
- Emil Racoviță (1868–1947), the Romanian biologist, zoologist, speleologist, and explorer of Antarctica who gave his name to the village of Emil Racoviță
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Swedish
Etymology
From French Émile, from Latin Aemilius. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1741.
Proper noun
Emil
- A male given name.
Related terms
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
- Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 48 977 males with the given name Emil living in Sweden on 31 December 2010, with the frequency peak in the 2000s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.