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Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈdɛɹɪk/
Rhymes: -ɛɹɪk Etymology: Borrowed in the Middle Ages from a Middle Low German variant of Theodoric, and revived in the nineteenth century. Not related to Hebrew דֶּרֶךְ (déreḵ, “road”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|gml|-}} Middle Low German, {{nc|he|דֶּרֶךְ||road|tr=déreḵ}} Hebrew דֶּרֶךְ (déreḵ, “road”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Derek
  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Translations (given name): Θευδέριχος (Theudérikhos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), Teodoric (Catalan), 德里克 (Délǐkè) (Chinese Mandarin), 德瑞克 (Déruìkè) (Chinese Mandarin), Dětřich (Czech), Diederik (Dutch), Diedrich (Dutch), Dirk (Dutch), Teodoriko (Esperanto), Tiidrik (Estonian), Tiit (Estonian), Tíðrikur (Faroese), Tiiri (english: more commonly a surname) [rare] (Finnish), Didrik [rare] (Finnish), Thierry (French), Teoderico (Galician), Dietrich (German), Dirk (German), Θεοδώριχος (Theodórichos) [masculine] (Greek), Ντέρεκ (Ntérek) [transliteration] (Greek), Detre (Hungarian), Diðrik (Icelandic), Þiðrik (Icelandic), Teodorico (Italian), デレク (dereku) (Japanese), Theodoricus (Latin), Didzis [masculine] (Latvian), Didrik (Norwegian), Teodoryk [masculine] (Polish), Teodorico (Portuguese), Teodoric (Romanian), Дерек (Derek) (Russian), Ruairidh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), Теодорик [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), Teodorik [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), Teodorik (Slovene), Teodorico (Spanish), Didrik (Swedish), Tiri (Walloon)
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  2. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Derek-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Bo Derek Related terms: Dedrick, Del, Derk, Derry, Dirk, Jerrick, Terry
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    "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Estonian translations",
    "Terms with Faroese translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Latvian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Slovene translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Walloon translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Bo Derek"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "דֶּרֶךְ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "road",
        "tr": "déreḵ"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew דֶּרֶךְ (déreḵ, “road”)",
      "name": "nc"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed in the Middle Ages from a Middle Low German variant of Theodoric, and revived in the nineteenth century. Not related to Hebrew דֶּרֶךְ (déreḵ, “road”).",
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Derek",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Dedrick"
    },
    {
      "word": "Del"
    },
    {
      "word": "Derk"
    },
    {
      "word": "Derry"
    },
    {
      "word": "Dirk"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jerrick"
    },
    {
      "word": "Terry"
    }
  ],
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      "categories": [
        "English given names",
        "English male given names",
        "English male given names from Germanic languages",
        "English terms with quotations"
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        {
          "ref": "1895, The American Magazine, Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, page 446:",
          "text": "\"Do you think so? Her husband has an odd name - Derek Keppel. He is a musician - a violinist.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1974, Joseph Heller, Something happened, →ISBN, page 509:",
          "text": "We do not entertain as much anymore because of Derek. (He produces strain. We have to pretend he doesn't.) I used to like him when I still thought he was normal. I was fond of him. I used to call him Dirk, and Kiddo, Steamshovel, Dinky Boy, and Dicky Dare. Till I found out what he was. Now it's always formal: Derek.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, James Robertson, And the Land Lay Still, Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 292:",
          "text": "Frederick or Derek Boothby was in his late fifties, the son of a naval officer and a daughter of the Earl of Limerick.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A male given name from the Germanic languages."
      ],
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          "given name",
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      ]
    },
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        "A surname."
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        [
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛɹɪk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛɹɪk"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Derick"
    },
    {
      "word": "Derrick"
    },
    {
      "word": "Deryck"
    },
    {
      "word": "Darek"
    },
    {
      "word": "Darrick"
    },
    {
      "word": "Darick"
    },
    {
      "word": "Darriq"
    },
    {
      "word": "Dereck"
    },
    {
      "word": "Deric"
    },
    {
      "word": "Derik"
    },
    {
      "word": "Deriq"
    },
    {
      "word": "Derreck"
    },
    {
      "word": "Derrek"
    },
    {
      "word": "Derrik"
    },
    {
      "word": "Derryck"
    },
    {
      "word": "Derryk"
    },
    {
      "word": "Deryk"
    },
    {
      "word": "Deryke"
    }
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Teodoric"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Délǐkè",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "德里克"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Déruìkè",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "德瑞克"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Dětřich"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Diederik"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Diedrich"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Dirk"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Teodoriko"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Tiidrik"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Tiit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Tíðrikur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "more commonly a surname",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "raw_tags": [
        "as a first name"
      ],
      "sense": "given name",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "Tiiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "given name",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "Didrik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Thierry"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Teoderico"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Dietrich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Dirk"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Theodórichos",
      "sense": "given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Θεοδώριχος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "raw_tags": [
        "from English"
      ],
      "roman": "Ntérek",
      "sense": "given name",
      "tags": [
        "transliteration"
      ],
      "word": "Ντέρεκ"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Theudérikhos",
      "sense": "given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Θευδέριχος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Detre"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Diðrik"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Þiðrik"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Teodorico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dereku",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "デレク"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Theodoricus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Didzis"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Didrik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Teodoryk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Teodorico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Teodoric"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Derek",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Дерек"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ruairidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "given name",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "Теодорик"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "given name",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "Teodorik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Teodorik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Teodorico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Didrik"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "given name",
      "word": "Tiri"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Derek",
    "Derek (surname)"
  ],
  "word": "Derek"
}

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