"Pierrot" meaning in All languages combined

See Pierrot on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

IPA: /pɪəˈɹəʊ/, /pjɛˈɹəʊ/ Forms: Pierrots [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊ Etymology: French Pierrot, diminutive of Pierre (“Peter”) via diminutive suffix -ot. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|Pierrot}} French Pierrot Head templates: {{en-prop|s}} Pierrot (plural Pierrots)
  1. A character from French pantomime; a buffoon in a loose white outfit; a popular choice for a masquerade costume. Wikipedia link: Pierrot Categories (topical): Stock characters, Theater Translations (buffoon): Peĉjo (Esperanto), Pierrot (French), Pedrolino (Italian), ピエロ (english: Piero) (Japanese), Пьеро́ (Pʹjeró) [masculine] (Russian)

Proper name [French]

IPA: /pjɛ.ʁo/, /pje.ʁo/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Arthur Crbz-Pierrot.wav
Etymology: From Pierre (“Peter”) + -ot (diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|fr|Pierre|-ot|pos2=diminutive suffix|t1=Peter}} Pierre (“Peter”) + -ot (diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{fr-proper noun|m}} Pierrot m
  1. a diminutive of the male given name Pierre (Pierre, "Peter") Tags: masculine Categories (topical): French diminutives of male given names, French given names, French male given names Related terms: Pierre, Pierrette, Poirot
    Sense id: en-Pierrot-fr-name-23okqtcL Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14
  2. a character from French pantomime; a buffoon in a loose white outfit Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Theater
    Sense id: en-Pierrot-fr-name-t1hYXYNC Disambiguation of Theater: 44 56 Categories (other): French terms suffixed with -ot Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ot: 29 71

Proper name [Norman]

Head templates: {{head|nrf|proper noun|g=m}} Pierrot m
  1. a male given name, equivalent to French Pierrot Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Norman given names, Norman male given names Related terms: Piérotin
    Sense id: en-Pierrot-nrm-name-FOj8uEQA Categories (other): Norman entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "Piérotin"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norman entries with incorrect language header",
        "Norman given names",
        "Norman lemmas",
        "Norman male given names",
        "Norman masculine nouns",
        "Norman proper nouns",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name, equivalent to French Pierrot"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Pierrot",
          "Pierrot#French"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Pierrot"
}

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