"Gertrude" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈɡɝtɹud/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gertrude.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Old French, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (“spear”) + *þrūþiz (“strength”) or *trut- (“maiden, dear”) ; name of a Belgian seventh century saint. Etymology templates: {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{der|en|gem-pro|*gaizaz||spear}} Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (“spear”), {{m|gem-pro|*þrūþiz||strength}} *þrūþiz (“strength”), {{m|gem-pro|*trut-||maiden, dear}} *trut- (“maiden, dear”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Gertrude
  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names Derived forms: Gertie, Trudi, Trudie, Trudy Translations (female given name): Gertrudis (Basque), Gertrude (Basque), Gertruda [feminine] (Czech), Gertrud (Danish), Geertruida [feminine] (Dutch), Gertruida (Dutch), Gertrude (Dutch), Gertrudo (Esperanto), Kertu (Estonian), Kerttu (Finnish), Gertrude (French), Xertrude [feminine] (Galician), გერტრუდა (gerṭruda) (Georgian), გერტრუდი (gerṭrudi) (Georgian), Gertrud (German), Gertraud (German), Gertrude (German), Qitura (Greenlandic), Gertrúd (Hungarian), Geirþrúður [feminine] (Icelandic), Geltrude (Italian), Gjertrud (Norwegian), Gertruda [feminine] (Polish), Gertrudes [feminine] (Portuguese), Гертру́да (Gertrúda) [feminine] (Russian), Gertrudis (Spanish), Gertrud (Swedish), Djetrou (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-Gertrude-en-name-z10~dBQY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations

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