Cyril

English

Etymology

Via Late Latin Cȳrillus, from Ancient Greek Κύριλλος (Kúrillos), from κύριος (kúrios, lord, master).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: sĭr-əl IPA(key): /ˈsɪɹəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪrəl

Proper noun

Cyril

  1. A male given name; best known for a ninth century missionary to the Slavs.
    • 1954 P. G. Wodehouse, Over Seventy: An Autobiography with Digressions, Herbert Jenkins (1957), page 35:
      Boxers, too, not so long ago a somewhat uncouth section of the community who were seldom if ever mistaken for members of the Vere de Vere family, have taken on a polish which makes their society a pleasure. They have names like Cyril and Percy and Clarence and live up to them.

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English Cyril, from Late Latin Cȳrillus, from Ancient Greek Κύριλλος (Kúrillos), from κύριος (kúrios)

Noun

Cyril

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Cyril

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɪrɪl]

Proper noun

Cyril m

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Cyril

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si.ʁil/
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Proper noun

Cyril

  1. A male given name, variant of Cyrille.

Slovak

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κύριλλος (Kúrillos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡siriɫ/

Proper noun

Cyril m (genitive Cyrila, nominative plural Cyrilovia) declension pattern chlap

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Cyril

Declension

Derived terms

  • Cyrilko
  • Cyrko
  • Cyro
  • Cyruško

Further reading

  • Cyril in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
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