"Laurence" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈlɒ.ɹəns/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈlɔɹəns/ [General-American], /ˈlɑɹəns/ [New-York-City] Forms: Laurences [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒɹəns Etymology: From the name of a third century Roman martyr, Latin Laurentius, "a person from Laurentum", the place name possibly derived from laurus (“laurel”) . Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|Laurentius}} Latin Laurentius, {{m|la|laurus||laurel}} laurus (“laurel”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Laurence (plural Laurences)
  1. A male given name from Latin, feminine equivalent Lauren Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Related terms (feminine forms): Lauren, Laura Related terms (pet forms): Larry, Laurie, Lawrie, Lol Translations (male given name): Renës [masculine] (Albanian), Renes [masculine] (Albanian), لورانس (Arabic), Lorient [masculine] (Aragonese), Լորիս (english: Loris) (Armenian), Llorenç (Catalan), 勞倫斯 (Chinese Mandarin), 劳伦斯 (Láolunsī) (Chinese Mandarin), Lorenzu (Corsican), Lurenzu (Corsican), Vavřinec (Czech), Lars (Danish), Laurens (Dutch), Laŭrenco (Esperanto), Lauri (Estonian), Lavrans [masculine] (Faroese), Laars [masculine] (Faroese), Lars [masculine] (Faroese), Lauri (Finnish), Laurent (French), Lurinç (Friulian), Lourenzo (Galician), Lorenz (German), Λαυρέντιος (Lavréntios) (Greek), Laasi (Greenlandic), Lőrinc (Hungarian), Lárus (Icelandic), Labhrás [masculine] (Irish), Lorenzo (Italian), ロレンス (Rorensu) (Japanese), ローラン (Rōran) (Japanese), Laurënz (Ladin), Laurentius (Latin), Lauris (Latvian), Loénso (Ligurian), Laurynas (Lithuanian), Lorenz (Lombard), Lurenzo (Neapolitan), Louothains (Norman), Lars (Norwegian), Laurits (Norwegian), Laurenç [masculine] (Occitan), Lorenz (Old French), Lafranz [masculine] (Old Norse), Laurens (Old Occitan), Rorẽso (Old Tupi), Laurencjusz (Polish), Laurenty (Polish), Wawrzyniec (Polish), Lourenço (Portuguese), Laurêncio [masculine] (Portuguese), Laurențiu (Romanian), Лавре́нтий (Lavréntij) (Russian), Labhrainn (Scottish Gaelic), Ловро [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), Lovro [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), Vavrinec (Slovak), Lovrenc (Slovene), Lorenzo (Spanish), Lars (Swedish), Лавре́нтій (Lavréntij) [masculine] (Ukrainian), Łorenso (Venetian), Lôrensô (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Laurence-en-name-5HuWp78t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 81 19 Disambiguation of 'feminine forms': 92 8 Disambiguation of 'pet forms': 72 28 Disambiguation of 'male given name': 95 5
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
    Sense id: en-Laurence-en-name-Xs1vzbdd Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Lawrence (english: usual US spelling) Related terms: Laurie [surname], Lourie [surname], Loury [surname], Lowrie [surname], Lowry [surname], Lars [variant], Loren [variant], Lorenzo [variant], Laura and its variants

Proper name [French]

IPA: /lɔ.ʁɑ̃s/, /lo.ʁɑ̃s/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-Laurence.wav
Head templates: {{fr-proper noun|f}} Laurence f
  1. a female given name, masculine equivalent Laurent, equivalent to English Lauren Tags: feminine Categories (topical): French female given names, French given names Related terms (feminine forms): Marie-Laurence, Anne-Laurence
    Sense id: en-Laurence-fr-name-ynnbQ3qa Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of 'feminine forms': 61 39
  2. (very rare) Lawrence: a male given name, equivalent to English Laurence Tags: feminine, rare Categories (topical): French given names, French male given names
    Sense id: en-Laurence-fr-name-jFEjzBDU

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          "lang": "Polish",
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          "sense": "male given name",
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          "sense": "male given name",
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          "Lauren#English"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "61 39",
          "sense": "feminine forms",
          "word": "Marie-Laurence"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 39",
          "sense": "feminine forms",
          "word": "Anne-Laurence"
        }
      ],
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      ]
    },
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          "kind": "topical",
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            "Names",
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            "Proper nouns",
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            "Lemmas"
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        },
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            "Proper nouns",
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        {
          "text": "Laurence Oustau (b. 1835)"
        }
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        "Lawrence: a male given name, equivalent to English Laurence"
      ],
      "id": "en-Laurence-fr-name-jFEjzBDU",
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          "Lawrence",
          "Lawrence#English"
        ],
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          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Laurence",
          "Laurence#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(very rare) Lawrence: a male given name, equivalent to English Laurence"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ.ʁɑ̃s/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo.ʁɑ̃s/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-Laurence.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9e/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-Laurence.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-Laurence.wav.mp3",
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      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Laurence"
}
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  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English undefined derivations",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒɹəns"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "Laurentius"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin Laurentius",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "laurus",
        "3": "",
        "4": "laurel"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the name of a third century Roman martyr, Latin Laurentius, \"a person from Laurentum\", the place name possibly derived from laurus (“laurel”) .",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Laurences",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "s"
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      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "sense": "feminine forms",
      "word": "Lauren"
    },
    {
      "sense": "feminine forms",
      "word": "Laura"
    },
    {
      "sense": "pet forms",
      "word": "Larry"
    },
    {
      "sense": "pet forms",
      "word": "Laurie"
    },
    {
      "sense": "pet forms",
      "word": "Lawrie"
    },
    {
      "sense": "pet forms",
      "word": "Lol"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "surname"
      ],
      "word": "Laurie"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "surname"
      ],
      "word": "Lourie"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "surname"
      ],
      "word": "Loury"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "surname"
      ],
      "word": "Lowrie"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "surname"
      ],
      "word": "Lowry"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "variant"
      ],
      "word": "Lars"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "variant"
      ],
      "word": "Loren"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "variant"
      ],
      "word": "Lorenzo"
    },
    {
      "word": "Laura and its variants"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English given names",
        "English male given names",
        "English male given names from Latin",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1835, Mary Shelley, Lodore, Wallis&Newell, published 1835, page 30",
          "text": "\"I will do any thing, however impossible, if you will only not call me Mr Hervey. Why am I not Laurence to you - Miss Vivian calls me Laurence - I am Laurence to every one but you - let me hear you call me Laurence,\" in an earnest manner.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A male given name from Latin, feminine equivalent Lauren"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Lauren",
          "Lauren#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English surnames",
        "English surnames from patronymics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname originating as a patronymic."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɒ.ɹəns/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɔɹəns/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɑɹəns/",
      "tags": [
        "New-York-City"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒɹəns"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "usual US spelling",
      "word": "Lawrence"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Renës"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Renes"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "لورانس"
    },
    {
      "code": "an",
      "lang": "Aragonese",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lorient"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "english": "Loris",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Լորիս"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Llorenç"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "勞倫斯"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Láolunsī",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "劳伦斯"
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lorenzu"
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lurenzu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Vavřinec"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lars"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Laurens"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Laŭrenco"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lauri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lavrans"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Laars"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lars"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lauri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Laurent"
    },
    {
      "code": "fro",
      "lang": "Old French",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lorenz"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lurinç"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lourenzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lorenz"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Lavréntios",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Λαυρέντιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Laasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lőrinc"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lárus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Labhrás"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lorenzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Rorensu",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "ロレンス"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Rōran",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "ローラン"
    },
    {
      "code": "lld",
      "lang": "Ladin",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Laurënz"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Laurentius"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lauris"
    },
    {
      "code": "lij",
      "lang": "Ligurian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Loénso"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Laurynas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lmo",
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lorenz"
    },
    {
      "code": "nap",
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lurenzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Louothains"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lars"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Laurits"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Laurenç"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lafranz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pro",
      "lang": "Old Occitan",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Laurens"
    },
    {
      "code": "tpw",
      "lang": "Old Tupi",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Rorẽso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Laurencjusz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Laurenty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Wawrzyniec"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lourenço"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Laurêncio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Laurențiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Lavréntij",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Лавре́нтий"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Labhrainn"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "Ловро"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "Lovro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Vavrinec"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lovrenc"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lorenzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lars"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Lavréntij",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Лавре́нтій"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Łorenso"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Lôrensô"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Laurence"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "French 2-syllable words",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French feminine nouns",
    "French lemmas",
    "French proper nouns",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with audio links"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Laurence f",
      "name": "fr-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "sense": "feminine forms",
      "word": "Marie-Laurence"
    },
    {
      "sense": "feminine forms",
      "word": "Anne-Laurence"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French female given names",
        "French given names"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a female given name, masculine equivalent Laurent, equivalent to English Lauren"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Laurent",
          "Laurent#French"
        ],
        [
          "Lauren",
          "Lauren#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French given names",
        "French male given names",
        "French terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Laurence Oustau (b. 1835)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lawrence: a male given name, equivalent to English Laurence"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Lawrence",
          "Lawrence#English"
        ],
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Laurence",
          "Laurence#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(very rare) Lawrence: a male given name, equivalent to English Laurence"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ.ʁɑ̃s/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo.ʁɑ̃s/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-Laurence.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9e/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-Laurence.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-Laurence.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9e/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-Laurence.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-Laurence.wav.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Laurence"
}

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