Lambert

See also: lambert

English

Etymology

From Old French, from Old High German lant (land) + beraht (bright), a saint's name (of a Bishop of Maastricht) brought to England by the Normans. Cognate with Old English Landbeorht.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈlæmbɚt/

Proper noun

Lambert

  1. A male given name; in modern use partly transferred back from the surname.
  2. A patronymic surname.
  3. A lunar impact crater.

Quotations

  • 1597, William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act I, Scene I:
    At Coventry, upon Saint Lambert's day:
    There shall your swords and lances arbitrate
    The swelling difference of your settled hate

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɑ̃.bɛʁ/
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Proper noun

Lambert m

  1. A male given name, cognate to English Lambert. Rather rare today.
  2. A patronymic surname.

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