Carl
See also: carl
English
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)l
Etymology 1
editFrom Germanic, cognate with English Charles.
Alternative forms
editProper noun
editCarl (plural Carls)
- A male given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Charles.
- 1882, “Doctor Carl”, in Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours, volume 31, F. Leslie Pub. Co., page 293:
- Of course you know that Carl Duruside, or 'Doctor Carl', as he is always called by almost anybody, is my husband's brother?
- 1919 Lucy Maud Montgomery, Rainbow Valley, 1st World Publishing (2007), →ISBN, page 19:
- And Thomas Carlyle is nine. They call him Carl, and he has a regular mania for collecting toads and bugs and frogs and bringing them into the house.
- 2004, David W. Scott, The Disillusioned: A Story of Our Times, Fraser Books, →ISBN, page 204:
- I'd weave through the throng — scanning for empties to return while flirting, sniffing out kids smoking grass and sharing smokes with Ivor and Carl on the door. With a name like Carl you can imagine a six-foot tall and wide bouncer, but Ivor...
Related terms
editTranslations
edittransliterations and equivalents of "Carl"
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male given names cognate to Carl — see Charles
Etymology 2
editShortening.
Noun
editCarl (plural Carls)
- (informal) A student at Carleton College, Minnesota.
- 2005, Adam Zang, Jendrey Julie, Chris Mason, Carleton College:
- Located in rural Minnesota, Carleton is not surrounded by any cultural diversity unless you count pig farms and cow farms as separately diverse institutions. The nice thing about Carleton is that Carls are pretty much non-judgmental […]
Anagrams
editCebuano
editEtymology
editFrom English Carl, from German.
Proper noun
editCarl
- a male given name from English [in turn from German]
Quotations
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:Carl.
Danish
editProper noun
editCarl
- a male given name, variant of Karl
References
edit- [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 42 636 males with the given name Carl (compared to 42 958 named Karl) have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 19th century. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
German
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editCarl
- a male given name, a less common variant of Karl
Norwegian
editProper noun
editCarl
- a male given name, a less common spelling of Karl
References
edit- [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 3 726 males with the given name Carl (compared to 9 245 named Karl) living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 19th century. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.
Swedish
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editCarl c (genitive Carls)
- a male given name, variant of Karl
References
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