See Veronica in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for Veronica meaning in English (7.7kB)
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Latin",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Berenice"
},
"expansion": "Berenice",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "Φερενίκη"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek Φερενίκη (Phereníkē)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Berenice"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of Berenice",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Latin form of Berenice, from Ancient Greek Φερενίκη (Phereníkē). Influenced by the Church Latin phrase vera icon (\"true image\") associated with the veil of Saint Veronica, who wiped the face of Jesus on the way to Calvary, resulting in an image of his face miraculously appearing on the veil. Doublet of Berenice.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Veronica",
"name": "en-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"name": "English female given names",
"parents": [
"Female given names",
"Given names",
"Names",
"All topics",
"Proper nouns",
"Terms by semantic function",
"Fundamental",
"Nouns",
"Lemmas"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"name": "English given names",
"parents": [
"Given names",
"Names",
"All topics",
"Proper nouns",
"Terms by semantic function",
"Fundamental",
"Nouns",
"Lemmas"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2007, Anne Enright, The Gathering, Jonathan Cape, page 128",
"text": "My own name, Veronica — an ugly enough thing I had always thought, it sounded like either the ointment or the disease — was one her great favourites. St Veronica wiped the face of Christ on the road to Calvary and He left His face on her tea towel. Or the picture of His face. It was the first-ever photograph, she said.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A female given name from Ancient Greek."
],
"id": "en-Veronica-en-name-G1A8salx",
"links": [
[
"given name",
"given name"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "fīrūnīkā",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "فِيرُونِيكَا"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "warnīqa",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "وَرْنِيقَة"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "wīrūnīka",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "وِيرُونِيكَة"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "Veronika",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Վերոնիկա"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Veronika"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Verònica"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "韋羅妮卡"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Wéiluónīkǎ",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "韦罗妮卡"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Veronika"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Veronika"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Veronika"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Veronica"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Veronika"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Véronique"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Verónica"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "veroniḳa",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "ვერონიკა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Veronika"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "Vereníki",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Βερενίκη"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Veronika"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Veronica"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Veronika",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "ヴェロニカ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "Beronika",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "베로니카"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Veronica"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Veronika"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "Veronika",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Вероника"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Veronika"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Veronica"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Weronika"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Verônica"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Veronica"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Veroníka",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Верони́ка"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Veronika"
},
{
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Weronika"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Verónica"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Veronika"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Veronica"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "Veronika",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Вероніка"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/vəˈɹɒnɪkə/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Veronica.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ad/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Veronica.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Veronica.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ad/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Veronica.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Veronica.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Veronica"
],
"word": "Veronica"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "es",
"3": "Verónica"
},
"expansion": "Spanish Verónica",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Spanish Verónica.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Veronicas",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "s"
},
"expansion": "Veronica (plural Veronicas)",
"name": "en-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English surnames",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "42 58",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A surname from Spanish."
],
"id": "en-Veronica-en-name-mWBB-AVe",
"links": [
[
"surname",
"surname"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/vəˈɹɒnɪkə/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Veronica.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ad/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Veronica.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Veronica.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ad/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Veronica.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Veronica.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Veronica"
],
"word": "Veronica"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 4-syllable words",
"English doublets",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English proper nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Spanish",
"English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Spanish",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English uncountable nouns"
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Latin",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Berenice"
},
"expansion": "Berenice",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "Φερενίκη"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek Φερενίκη (Phereníkē)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Berenice"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of Berenice",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Latin form of Berenice, from Ancient Greek Φερενίκη (Phereníkē). Influenced by the Church Latin phrase vera icon (\"true image\") associated with the veil of Saint Veronica, who wiped the face of Jesus on the way to Calvary, resulting in an image of his face miraculously appearing on the veil. Doublet of Berenice.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Veronica",
"name": "en-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English female given names",
"English female given names from Ancient Greek",
"English given names",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2007, Anne Enright, The Gathering, Jonathan Cape, page 128",
"text": "My own name, Veronica — an ugly enough thing I had always thought, it sounded like either the ointment or the disease — was one her great favourites. St Veronica wiped the face of Christ on the road to Calvary and He left His face on her tea towel. Or the picture of His face. It was the first-ever photograph, she said.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A female given name from Ancient Greek."
],
"links": [
[
"given name",
"given name"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/vəˈɹɒnɪkə/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Veronica.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ad/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Veronica.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Veronica.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ad/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Veronica.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Veronica.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "fīrūnīkā",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "فِيرُونِيكَا"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "warnīqa",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "وَرْنِيقَة"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "wīrūnīka",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "وِيرُونِيكَة"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "Veronika",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Վերոնիկա"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Veronika"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Verònica"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "韋羅妮卡"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Wéiluónīkǎ",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "韦罗妮卡"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Veronika"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Veronika"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Veronika"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Veronica"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Veronika"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Véronique"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Verónica"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "veroniḳa",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "ვერონიკა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Veronika"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "Vereníki",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Βερενίκη"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Veronika"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Veronica"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Veronika",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "ヴェロニカ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "Beronika",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "베로니카"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Veronica"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Veronika"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "Veronika",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Вероника"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Veronika"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Veronica"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Weronika"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Verônica"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Veronica"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Veroníka",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Верони́ка"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Veronika"
},
{
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Weronika"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Verónica"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Veronika"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "female given name",
"word": "Veronica"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "Veronika",
"sense": "female given name",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Вероніка"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Veronica"
],
"word": "Veronica"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 4-syllable words",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English proper nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Spanish",
"English terms derived from Spanish",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English uncountable nouns"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "es",
"3": "Verónica"
},
"expansion": "Spanish Verónica",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Spanish Verónica.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Veronicas",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "s"
},
"expansion": "Veronica (plural Veronicas)",
"name": "en-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English surnames",
"English surnames from Spanish"
],
"glosses": [
"A surname from Spanish."
],
"links": [
[
"surname",
"surname"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/vəˈɹɒnɪkə/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Veronica.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ad/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Veronica.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Veronica.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ad/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Veronica.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Veronica.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Veronica"
],
"word": "Veronica"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-13 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-01 using wiktextract (ee658f9 and be4df6b). 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.