Complete Definition of "Charles"

English

Etymology
From the French #French|Charles, from the German Karl, from the Germanic root karal, meaning person, free man; cf. the English word churl and the German Kerl.

Proper noun
en-proper noun

  1. given name|male

Related terms
diminutives: Charley, Charlie, Chuck, Chas.
variants: Carl, Carroll, Karl
feminine forms: Carla, Carly, Carol, Carole, Carolina, Caroline, Carrie, Charlene, Charlotte, Lottie

Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L4+ not in L3 POS section (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Related terms)
trans-top|given name
Breton: Charlez
Czech: Karel#Czech|Karel m
Danish: Karl#Danish|Karl, Carl#Danish|Carl
Dutch: Karel m, Charel
Finnish: Kaarle, Kaarlo
French: Charles#French|Charles
German: Karl#German|Karl
Icelandic: Karl#Icelandic|Karl
Italian: Carlo m
trans-mid
Latin: t|la|Carolus
Maltese: Karlu m, Karmenu m, Karmena f?
Norwegian: Karl#Norwegian|Karl
Portuguese: Carlos#Portuguese|Carlos m
Slovak: Karol#Slovak|Karol m
Slovene: Drago, Dragotin, Karel
Spanish: Carlos#Spanish|Carlos m
Swedish: Karl#Swedish|Karl
Polish: Karol|Karol m
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French

Proper noun
Charles m

  1. given name|male||fr:, cognate to English Charles#English|Charles

Category:French proper nouns


Swedish

Proper noun
Charles

  1. given name|male||sv: borrowed from English and French.

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et:Charles
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