"Meyer" meaning in All languages combined

See Meyer on Wiktionary

Proper name [Danish]

Head templates: {{head|da|proper noun|||g=|head=}} Meyer, {{da-proper noun}} Meyer
  1. a surname.
    Sense id: en-Meyer-da-name-8RwXQk3T Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header, Danish surnames

Proper name [Dutch]

IPA: /ˈmɛi̯.ər/
Rhymes: -ɛi̯ər Head templates: {{head|nl|proper noun}} Meyer
  1. a surname Synonyms: Meijer [common]
    Sense id: en-Meyer-nl-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch surnames

Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈmaɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈmaɪ.ə(ɹ)/ Forms: Meyers [plural]
Etymology: * As a German and Alemannic German surname, from the noun Meier (“leaseholder of a manor”). Compare Maier, Mayer, Meier, Myer. * As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish מאיר (mir). Compare Majer, Major, Mayor, Meir. * As a Dutch/West Flemish surname, variant of Meijer. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|-}} German, {{der|en|gsw|-}} Alemannic German, {{der|en|yi|מאיר}} Yiddish מאיר (mir), {{der|en|nl|-}} Dutch, {{der|en|vls|-}} West Flemish Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~}} Meyer (countable and uncountable, plural Meyers)
  1. (countable) A male given name from Hebrew, of Jewish usage, an alternative form of Meir. Tags: countable Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names
    Sense id: en-Meyer-en-name-Od6P4O5E
  2. (countable) A surname.
    A surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation] from Middle High German meier (“bailiff”).
    Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Meyer-en-name-fBRVFWD~ Categories (other): English surnames
  3. (countable) A surname.
    An Ashkenazi surname from Yiddish [in turn originating as a patronymic].
    Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Meyer-en-name-7Eq4Kp-p Categories (other): English surnames
  4. (countable) A surname.
    An English surname originating as an occupation, an alternative form of Mayer.
    Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Meyer-en-name-9sTfslzc Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 9 5 14 16 17 14 14
  5. (countable) A surname.
    A surname from Danish.
    Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Meyer-en-name-VoMS-~fE Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 9 5 14 16 17 14 14
  6. A locale in the United States.
    A census-designated place in Iowa.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Census-designated places in Iowa, USA, Census-designated places in the United States, Places in Iowa, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Meyer-en-name-PI-nJeXR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 9 5 14 16 17 14 14
  7. A locale in the United States.
    An unincorporated community in Adams County, Illinois.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Illinois, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Illinois, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Meyer-en-name-F0aVljZ8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 9 5 14 16 17 14 14
  8. A locale in the United States.
    An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Illinois.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Illinois, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Illinois, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Meyer-en-name--bzTPOfr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 9 5 14 16 17 14 14

Proper name [German]

IPA: /ˈmaɪ̯ɐ/ Forms: Meyers [genitive, masculine], Meyer [genitive, masculine], Meyer [feminine, genitive], Meyers [plural], Meyer [plural]
Etymology: From Meier. Head templates: {{de-proper noun|surname}} Meyer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Meyers or (with an article) Meyer, feminine genitive Meyer, plural Meyers or Meyer)
  1. a common German surname originating as an occupation Tags: feminine, masculine, proper-noun, surname Synonyms: Maier, Mair, Mayer, Mayr, Meier, Meijer, Meyr
    Sense id: en-Meyer-de-name-fgb37~tW Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German surnames

Proper name [Portuguese]

Etymology: Borrowed from German Meyer. Etymology templates: {{bor|pt|de|Meyer}} German Meyer Head templates: {{head|pt|proper noun|||g=|g2=|g3=|head=}} Meyer, {{pt-proper noun}} Meyer
  1. a surname from German
    Sense id: en-Meyer-pt-name-U2Y9bRbG Categories (other): Portuguese surnames, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 60 40
  2. a name of a district of Rio de Janeiro
    Sense id: en-Meyer-pt-name-D98keR8e

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/ˈmaɪ.ə(ɹ)/"
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