"Rufo" meaning in All languages combined

See Rufo on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Rufos [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish and Italian Rufo. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|es|-}} Borrowed from Spanish, {{bor|en|it|Rufo}} Italian Rufo Head templates: {{en-prop|s}} Rufo (plural Rufos)
  1. A surname from Italian or Spanish.

Proper name [Italian]

IPA: /ˈru.fo/
Rhymes: -ufo Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Rūfus. Etymology templates: {{bor+|it|la|Rūfus}} Borrowed from Latin Rūfus Head templates: {{it-proper noun|m}} Rufo m
  1. Rufus, either of two persons mentioned in the New Testament Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-Rufo-it-name-p1qGHRTK Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Biblical characters Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 30 36 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 33 35 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 25 40 Disambiguation of Biblical characters: 54 30 16
  2. a male given name, equivalent to English Rufus Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-Rufo-it-name-V1IARlab Categories (other): Italian given names, Italian male given names, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense, Italian proper nouns with irregular gender, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Individuals Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 30 36 34 Disambiguation of Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 22 59 20 Disambiguation of Italian proper nouns with irregular gender: 29 40 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 33 35 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 25 40 Disambiguation of Individuals: 35 44 21

Proper name [Italian]

IPA: /ˈru.fo/
Rhymes: -ufo Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Rūfus. Etymology templates: {{bor+|it|la|Rūfus}} Borrowed from Latin Rūfus Head templates: {{it-proper noun|mfbysense}} Rufo m or f by sense
  1. a surname originating as a patronymic Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-Rufo-it-name-T3OhlWf~ Categories (other): Italian surnames, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 30 36 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 33 35 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 25 40

Proper name [Latin]

Forms: Rūfō [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|proper noun form|head=Rūfō}} Rūfō
  1. dative/ablative singular of Rūfus Tags: ablative, dative, form-of, singular Form of: Rūfus
    Sense id: en-Rufo-la-name-ySMJOjJr Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Proper name [Spanish]

IPA: /ˈrufo/, [ˈru.fo]
Rhymes: -ufo Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Rufus (“red, reddish”) Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|la|Rufus||red, reddish}} Borrowed from Latin Rufus (“red, reddish”) Head templates: {{es-proper noun|m}} Rufo m
  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Rufus Tags: masculine

Inflected forms

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        "Spanish given names",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish male given names",
        "Spanish masculine nouns",
        "Spanish proper nouns",
        "Spanish terms borrowed from Latin",
        "Spanish terms derived from Latin",
        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Spanish uncountable proper nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name, equivalent to English Rufus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Rufus",
          "Rufus#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈrufo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈru.fo]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ufo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Rufo"
}

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