"Magdalen" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈmæɡdəlɪn/ (note: given name), /ˈmɔːdlɪn/ (note: Magdalen College) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Magdalen (girl).wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Magdalen (college).wav [Southern-England]
enPR: măgʹdə-lĭn, môdʹlĭn Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Magdalen
  1. A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Magdalene Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names
    Sense id: en-Magdalen-en-name-ajAwZi6g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 86 9 4 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 74 15 11 Disambiguation of English terms with redundant sortkeys: 75 17 8 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 72 16 11
  2. (Oxford University, informal) Ellipsis of Magdalen College, Oxford. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal Alternative form of: Magdalen College, Oxford Derived forms: Magdalenite, Magdalen-tide, Maggers
    Sense id: en-Magdalen-en-name-MNeF6KH2 Categories (other): Oxford University English

Noun

IPA: /ˈmæɡdəlɪn/ (note: given name), /ˈmɔːdlɪn/ (note: Magdalen College) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Magdalen (girl).wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Magdalen (college).wav [Southern-England] Forms: Magdalens [plural]
enPR: măgʹdə-lĭn, môdʹlĭn Head templates: {{en-noun}} Magdalen (plural Magdalens)
  1. Alternative form of Magdalene (“a reformed prostitute”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Magdalene (extra: a reformed prostitute)
    Sense id: en-Magdalen-en-noun-X1Kwr3cX

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for Magdalen meaning in English (5.6kB)

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