"Voltaire" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /vəʊlˈtɛə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /voʊlˈtɛɹ/ [General-American] Forms: Voltaires [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from French Voltaire. The surname is mostly found in Haiti. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|Voltaire}} French Voltaire Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s}} Voltaire (countable and uncountable, plural Voltaires)
  1. A surname from French. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Voltaire-en-name-gVOdYfSv Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A pen name of the French philosopher François-Marie Arouet. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Individuals Translations (pen name of French philosopher): 伏爾泰 (Chinese Mandarin), 伏尔泰 (Fú'ěrtài) (Chinese Mandarin), Voltaire (Finnish), វ៉ុលទែរ (voltɛɛ) (Khmer), Wolter [masculine] (Polish), Voltaire [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-Voltaire-en-name-awRjn12l Disambiguation of Individuals: 15 51 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 58 32 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 81 15 Disambiguation of 'pen name of French philosopher': 6 93 2
  3. A city in McHenry County, North Dakota, United States. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Cities in North Dakota, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in North Dakota, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Voltaire-en-name-m5X7Zm~9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Voltairean, Voltaireanism, Voltairian, Voltairianism, Voltairism

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Voltaire meaning in English (4.2kB)

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