"Popeye" meaning in English

See Popeye in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈpɒp.ˌaɪ/, /ˈpʌp.ˌaɪ/ [New-England] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Popeye.wav
Etymology: Fictional character name coined in 1929 by cartoonist Elzie Crisler Segar, presumably pop + eye. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|pop|eye}} pop + eye Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Popeye
  1. A tough cartoon sailor, full name Popeye the Sailor, characterized by bulging forearm muscles, a squinty eye, and an affinity for spinach. Wikidata QID: Q199796 Categories (topical): American fiction, Fictional characters Translations (tough cartoon sailor): بَابَاي (bābāy) [masculine] (Arabic), بَبَّاي (babbāy) [masculine] (Arabic), Popeye (Dutch), Kippari-Kalle (Finnish), פופאי (popai) [masculine] (Hebrew), Braccio di Ferro [masculine] (Italian), Попај Морнарот (Popaj Mornarot) (Macedonian), Попај (Popaj) (Macedonian), पॉपाय (pŏpāy) [masculine] (Marathi), Popeye [masculine] (Portuguese), Karl-Alfred (Swedish), Temel Reis (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Popeye-en-name-en:Q199796 Disambiguation of American fiction: 58 42 Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of 'tough cartoon sailor': 81 19
  2. A nickname for a person who has attributes of the cartoon character. Categories (topical): Fictional characters
    Sense id: en-Popeye-en-name-QEIff3Qb Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 55 45
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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.