"Ophelia" meaning in English

See Ophelia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ɒˈfiː.lɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əʊˈfiː.lɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈfiː.lɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /oʊˈfi.əl.jə/ [US], /oʊˈfi.li.ə/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ophelia.wav
Rhymes: -iːliə Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Ofelia, coined by the poet Jacopo Sannazaro in his poem Arcadia (1504), probably from the Ancient Greek ὠφέλειᾰ (ōphéleia, “help, aid, succour”). The name was used by William Shakespeare for the ill-fated love interest of Hamlet. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|Ofelia}} Italian Ofelia, {{uder|en|grc|ὠφέλειᾰ||help, aid, succour}} Ancient Greek ὠφέλειᾰ (ōphéleia, “help, aid, succour”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ophelia
  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names, Fictional characters, William Shakespeare Translations (female given name): Ofelya (Azerbaijani), Ofelio (Esperanto), Ophélie [feminine] (French), Ophelia [feminine] (German), Οφηλία (Ofilía) [feminine] (Greek), ओफीलिया (ophīliyā) [feminine] (Marathi), Ofélia [feminine] (Portuguese), Офе́лија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Ofélija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Ofelia [feminine] (Spanish), Ofelya (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Ophelia-en-name-2h5jM6nf Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 56 44 Disambiguation of William Shakespeare: 56 44 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of 'female given name': 98 2
  2. (astronomy) A moon of Uranus, named after the character in Hamlet. Categories (topical): Astronomy Categories (place): Moons of Uranus Translations (moon of Uranus): オフィーリア (Ofīria) (Japanese), ओफीलिया (ophīliyā) [masculine] (Marathi)
    Sense id: en-Ophelia-en-name-YSMN~rb- Disambiguation of Moons of Uranus: 44 56 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'moon of Uranus': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Ophelia complex, Ophelian, Ophelia syndrome
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.