"Catherine" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈkæθ(ə)ɹɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Catherine.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -æθəɹɪn Etymology: From French Catherine, from Ancient Greek Αἰκατερίνη (Aikaterínē), *Ἑκατερίνη (*Hekaterínē), of debated meaning, possibly from ἑκάτερος (hekáteros, “each of the two”), or from the name of the goddess Hecate. The apheresis of the first syllable as well as the spelling with ⟨th⟩ in Latin languages, German and English, is due to a folk etymology, dating from Roman times, which associated the name with the Ancient Greek καθαρός (katharós, “pure”). The name belonged to a 4th-century saint and martyr from Alexandria who was supposedly tortured on the wheel from where the term Catherine wheel originates. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|Catherine}} French Catherine, {{der|en|grc|Αἰκατερίνη}} Ancient Greek Αἰκατερίνη (Aikaterínē), {{m|grc|*Ἑκατερίνη}} *Ἑκατερίνη (*Hekaterínē), {{m|grc|ἑκάτερος||each of the two}} ἑκάτερος (hekáteros, “each of the two”), {{glossary|apheresis}} apheresis, {{m|grc|καθαρός||pure}} καθαρός (katharós, “pure”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Catherine
  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Wikipedia link: Catherine Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names Synonyms: Catharine, Katharine, Katherine, Kathryn, Catheryn, Cathryn, Katheryn [nonstandard, rare] Derived forms: Mount Catherine Translations (female given name): Αἰκατερῑ́νη (Aikaterī́nē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), كَاتْرِين (kātrīn) [feminine] (Arabic), Կատարինէ (Katarinē) (Armenian), Katalina (Basque), Кацяры́на (Kacjarýna) [feminine] (Belarusian), Katelin [feminine] (Breton), Катери́на (Katerína) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Caterina [feminine] (Catalan), 凱瑟琳 (Chinese Mandarin), 凯瑟琳 (Kǎisèlín) (Chinese Mandarin), Kateřina [feminine] (Czech), Katharina (Danish), Catharijne [feminine] (Dutch), Katarino (Esperanto), Katariina (Estonian), Kadri (Estonian), Katariina (Finnish), Catherine [feminine] (French), Catarina [feminine] (Galician), Catuxa [feminine] (Galician), ეკატერინე (eḳaṭerine) (Georgian), Katharina [feminine] (German), Αικατερίνη (Aikateríni) [feminine] (Greek), Κατερίνα (Katerína) [feminine] (Greek), Κάθριν (Káthrin) [transliteration] (Greek), Kaalat (Greenlandic), Kaarat (Greenlandic), Kattaliit (Greenlandic), Kakalina (Hawaiian), Katalin (Hungarian), Katrín [feminine] (Icelandic), Caitríona (Irish), Caterina (Italian), キャサリン (Kyasarin) (Japanese), カトリーヌ (Katorīnu) (Japanese), 캐서린 (Kaeseorin) (Korean), Catalina [feminine] (Latin), Catherina [feminine] (Latin), Katrīna [feminine] (Latvian), Kotryna (Lithuanian), Katarina [feminine] (Maltese), Katerina [feminine] (Maltese), Kātarina (Maori), Kataraina (Maori), Katherine (Middle French), Káre (Northern Sami), Katarina (Norwegian), Catarina [feminine] (Occitan), کاترین (kâtrin) (Persian), Cat'leine (Picard), Katarzyna [feminine] (Polish), Catarina [feminine] (Portuguese), Cătălina [feminine] (Romanian), Екатери́на (Jekaterína) [feminine] (Russian), Кэ́трин (Kɛ́trin) [feminine, transliteration] (Russian), Катри́н (Katrín) [French, feminine] (Russian), Катери́на (Katerína) [feminine, rare] (Russian), Caitrìona (Scottish Gaelic), Катарина [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Екатерина [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Katarina [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Ekaterina [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Catarina [feminine] (Sicilian), Katarína [feminine] (Slovak), Katarina [feminine] (Slovene), Catalina [feminine] (Spanish), Katarina (Swedish), Катери́на (Katerýna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), Catarina (Vietnamese), Catrin [feminine] (Welsh)

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          "sense": "female given name",
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          "word": "Кэ́трин"
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      "word": "Katarina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Catalina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Katarina"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Katerýna",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Катери́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Catarina"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Catrin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Catherine"
}

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