"Carl" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Carls [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)l Etymology: From Germanic, cognate with English Charles. * From German and other north European Carl and Karl. * From Latin Carolus. Etymology templates: {{der|en|gem|-}} Germanic, {{cog|en|Charles}} English Charles, {{bor|en|de|-}} German, {{der|en|la|Carolus}} Latin Carolus Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Carl (plural Carls)
  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Charles. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Synonyms: Karl Related terms: Carlos, Carlo Translations (transliterations and equivalents of "Carl"): Kërl [Tosk] (Albanian), Karl [Gheg] (Albanian), كَارْل (karl) [masculine] (Arabic), Կարլ (english: Karl) (Armenian), Карл (english: Karl) [masculine] (Belarusian), কার্ল (karlo) (Bengali), Карл (english: Karl) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 卡爾 (Chinese Mandarin), 卡尔 (Kǎ'ěr) (Chinese Mandarin), Karlo (Esperanto), კარლი (ḳarli) (Georgian), Καρλ (english: Karl) [masculine] (Greek), Κάρλος (Kárlos) [masculine] (Greek), קרל (qarl) [masculine] (Hebrew), कार्ल (kārl) [masculine] (Hindi), カル (Karu) (Japanese), カール (Kāru) (Japanese), Карл (english: Karl) (Kazakh), កាល់ (kal) (Khmer), (Kal) (Korean), Kārls [masculine] (Latvian), Карл (english: Karl) [masculine] (Macedonian), कार्ल (kārla) [masculine] (Marathi), Карл (english: Karl) (Mongolian), کارل (kârl) (Persian), Карл (english: Karl) [masculine] (Russian), Карл [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Карл (english: Karl) (Tajik), கார்ல் (kārl) (Tamil), కార్ల్ (kārl) (Telugu), คาร์ล (kaan) (Thai), Карл (english: Karl) [masculine] (Ukrainian), کارل (kārl) [masculine] (Urdu), קאַרל (karl) [masculine] (Yiddish)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: Carls [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)l Etymology: Shortening. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Carl (plural Carls)
  1. (informal) A student at Carleton College, Minnesota. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-Carl-en-noun-6FlDIrQ6 Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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        {
          "ref": "1882, “Doctor Carl”, in Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours, volume 31, F. Leslie Pub. Co., page 293:",
          "text": "Of course you know that Carl Duruside, or 'Doctor Carl', as he is always called by almost anybody, is my husband's brother?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1919 Lucy Maud Montgomery, Rainbow Valley, 1st World Publishing (2007), page 19",
          "text": "And Thomas Carlyle is nine. They call him Carl, and he has a regular mania for collecting toads and bugs and frogs and bringing them into the house."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, David W. Scott, The Disillusioned: A Story of Our Times, Fraser Books, →ISBN, page 204:",
          "text": "I'd weave through the throng — scanning for empties to return while flirting, sniffing out kids smoking grass and sharing smokes with Ivor and Carl on the door. With a name like Carl you can imagine a six-foot tall and wide bouncer, but Ivor...",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A male given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Charles."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Charles",
          "Charles#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)l"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Karl"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "tags": [
        "Tosk"
      ],
      "word": "Kërl"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "tags": [
        "Gheg"
      ],
      "word": "Karl"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "karl",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "كَارْل"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "english": "Karl",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "word": "Կարլ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "english": "Karl",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Карл"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "karlo",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "word": "কার্ল"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "english": "Karl",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Карл"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "word": "卡爾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Kǎ'ěr",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "word": "卡尔"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "word": "Karlo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳarli",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "word": "კარლი"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "english": "Karl",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Καρλ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Kárlos",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Κάρλος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "qarl",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "קרל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kārl",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कार्ल"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Karu",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "word": "カル"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Kāru",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "word": "カール"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "english": "Karl",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "word": "Карл"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kal",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "word": "កាល់"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Kal",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "word": "칼"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kārls"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "english": "Karl",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Карл"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "kārla",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कार्ल"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "english": "Karl",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "word": "Карл"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kârl",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "word": "کارل"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "Karl",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Карл"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Карл"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "english": "Karl",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "word": "Карл"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "kārl",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "word": "கார்ல்"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "kārl",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "word": "కార్ల్"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kaan",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "word": "คาร์ล"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "english": "Karl",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Карл"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "kārl",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "کارل"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "karl",
      "sense": "transliterations and equivalents of \"Carl\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "קאַרל"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Carl"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)l",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)l/1 syllable"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "Shortening.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Carls",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Carl (plural Carls)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, Adam Zang, Jendrey Julie, Chris Mason, Carleton College:",
          "text": "Located in rural Minnesota, Carleton is not surrounded by any cultural diversity unless you count pig farms and cow farms as separately diverse institutions. The nice thing about Carleton is that Carls are pretty much non-judgmental […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A student at Carleton College, Minnesota."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "student",
          "student"
        ],
        [
          "Minnesota",
          "Minnesota"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) A student at Carleton College, Minnesota."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)l"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Carl"
}

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