Confucius

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Confucius, from Mandarin 孔夫子 (Kǒng Fūzǐ, “Master Kong”).

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /kənˈfju.ʃəs/

Proper noun

Confucius

  1. Western name of Kong Qiu (孔丘), an influential Chinese philosopher who lived 551 BCE – 479 BCE.
  2. (very rare) A male given name.

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French

Etymology

From Latin Confucius, from Mandarin 孔夫子 (Kǒng Fūzǐ, “Master Kong”).

Proper noun

Confucius

  1. Confucius

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Mandarin 孔夫子 (Kǒng Fūzǐ, “Master Kong”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈfu.ki.us/, [kõːˈfʊ.ki.ʊs]

Proper noun

Confucius m (genitive Confuciī); second declension

  1. Confucius
    • 1687, Philippe Couplet, Confucius, Sinarum Philosophus:
      CUM FU CU, ſive Confucius quem Sinenſes uti Principem Philoſophiæ ſuæ ſequuntur, ...
    • 1698, Johann Jacob Hofmann, Lexicon Universale:
      CONFUTIUS, dictus Socrates Sinenſis, tum quia huic σύγχρονος, tum quia morum imprimis Doctrinam excoluit.
    • 1826, Stanislaus Julien translating Mencius as Meng Tseu, p. 46:
      Confucius aiebat...
      Confucius said...

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Confucius
Genitive Confuciī
Dative Confuciō
Accusative Confucium
Ablative Confuciō
Vocative Confucie
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