"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 [Southern-England]
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), 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: 58 42 Disambiguation of William Shakespeare: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 80 20 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 69 31 Disambiguation of 'female given name': 98 2
  2. (astronomy) A moon of Uranus, named after the character in Hamlet. Categories (topical): Astronomy, William Shakespeare Categories (place): Moons of Uranus Translations (moon of Uranus): オフィーリア (Ofīria) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-Ophelia-en-name-YSMN~rb- Disambiguation of William Shakespeare: 50 50 Disambiguation of Moons of Uranus: 37 63 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

Download JSON data for Ophelia meaning in English (6.1kB)

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