Roland

See also: Róland

English

Etymology

From Old French, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþilandą (literally fame-land). Name of a paladin of Charlemagne in medieval French romance.

Proper noun

Roland

  1. A male given name.

Translations

Anagrams


Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Roland m

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Roland

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Roland, from Old French, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþilandą (literally fame-land). Also as an anglicisation of Rolando.

Proper noun

Roland

  1. a male given name
  2. the titular character of The Song of Roland

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Roland.

Anagrams


Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrolant]

Proper noun

Roland m

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Roland

Estonian

Proper noun

Roland

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Roland

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɔ.lɑ̃/

Proper noun

Roland m

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Roland

Anagrams


German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Roland

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Roland

Usage notes

  • Used as a given name in Germany since the Middle Ages.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrolɒnd]
  • Hyphenation: Ro‧land

Proper noun

Roland

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Roland

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Roland Rolandok
accusative Rolandot Rolandokat
dative Rolandnak Rolandoknak
instrumental Rolanddal Rolandokkal
causal-final Rolandért Rolandokért
translative Rolanddá Rolandokká
terminative Rolandig Rolandokig
essive-formal Rolandként Rolandokként
essive-modal
inessive Rolandban Rolandokban
superessive Rolandon Rolandokon
adessive Rolandnál Rolandoknál
illative Rolandba Rolandokba
sublative Rolandra Rolandokra
allative Rolandhoz Rolandokhoz
elative Rolandból Rolandokból
delative Rolandról Rolandokról
ablative Rolandtól Rolandoktól
Possessive forms of Roland
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Rolandom Rolandjaim
2nd person sing. Rolandod Rolandjaid
3rd person sing. Rolandja Rolandjai
1st person plural Rolandunk Rolandjaink
2nd person plural Rolandotok Rolandjaitok
3rd person plural Rolandjuk Rolandjaik

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔɫant/

Proper noun

Roland m (genitive Rolanda, nominative plural Rolandovia) declension pattern chlap

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Roland
  2. A surname.

Declension

Further reading

  • Roland in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Swedish

Etymology

Cognate with English and French Roland. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1397, but not in common use before the the 20th century.

Proper noun

Roland c (genitive Rolands)

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Roland

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 47 950 males with the given name Roland living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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