"Steve" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /stiːv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Steve.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -iːv Etymology: Shortening of various names ultimately derived from Latin Stephanus, from Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos) from στέφανος (stéphanos, “crown, wreath”) Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|Stephanus}} Latin Stephanus, {{der|en|grc|Στέφανος}} Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos), {{m|grc|στέφανος|t=crown, wreath}} στέφανος (stéphanos, “crown, wreath”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Steve
  1. A diminutive of the male given name Steven and Stephen; also used as a formal male given name. Categories (topical): English diminutives of male given names, English given names, English male given names, English unisex given names, Atmospheric phenomena
    Sense id: en-Steve-en-name-fIyQQf-M Disambiguation of English unisex given names: 47 46 7 Disambiguation of Atmospheric phenomena: 31 32 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 39 24 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 43 40 17
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Stephanie. Categories (topical): English diminutives of female given names, English female given names, English given names, English unisex given names, Atmospheric phenomena
    Sense id: en-Steve-en-name-a~ETLLol Disambiguation of English unisex given names: 47 46 7 Disambiguation of Atmospheric phenomena: 31 32 37 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 39 24 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 43 40 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /stiːv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Steve.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Steves [plural]
Rhymes: -iːv Etymology: :See STEVE [from 2016] The atmospheric phenomenon was named for a scene in the film Over the Hedge, in which something unknown (a hedge) is given the name Steve. In late 2016, the backronym "Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement" was adopted. Etymology templates: {{m|en|STEVE}} STEVE, {{datedef|from 2016}} [from 2016] Head templates: {{en-noun}} Steve (plural Steves)
  1. Alternative form of STEVE (an atmospheric optical phenomenon, appearing as a ribbon of light in the sky) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: STEVE (extra: an atmospheric optical phenomenon, appearing as a ribbon of light in the sky) Categories (topical): Atmospheric phenomena
    Sense id: en-Steve-en-noun-VAt~zW74 Disambiguation of Atmospheric phenomena: 31 32 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 39 24 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 43 40 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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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.