Bernard
See also: bernard
English
    
    Alternative forms
    
- (surname): Barnard
Etymology
    
From Middle English Bernard, from Old French Bernard, Bernart, from Medieval Latin Bernardus, probably from Frankish *Bernhard (compare Old High German Bernhart, Old English Beornheard), from Proto-Germanic *Bernuharduz, equivalent to bear + -ard. Popularized by medieval European saints.
Pronunciation
    
Proper noun
    
Bernard
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
-  1992, Thomas Keneally, Woman of the Inner Sea, Plume, published 1994, →ISBN, pages 18-19:- A similar arrangement was made for her son Bernard, named in honor of the great Carthusian mystic (at least, that is what Jim Gaffney would softly tell Mrs. Kozinski) and of Bernie Astor, the publicist.
 
 
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- A surname originating as a patronymic.
Related terms
    
Translations
    
male given name
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Cebuano
    
    
Quotations
    
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Bernard.
Czech
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [ˈbɛrnart]
Declension
    
This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
French
    
See also: bernard-l'ermite
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /bɛʁ.naʁ/
- Audio (Paris) - (file) 
Proper noun
    
Bernard m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Bernard
- a surname originating as a patronymic
Polish
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛr.nart/
- Audio - (file) 
- Rhymes: -ɛrnart
- Syllabification: Ber‧nard
Declension
    
Further reading
    
- Bernard in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Slovak
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛrnard/
Proper noun
    
Bernard m anim (genitive singular Bernarda, nominative plural Bernardovia, declension pattern of chlap)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Bernard
Declension
    
Further reading
    
- Bernard in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
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