cleopatra
/kliːoʊˈpætɹə/
cleopatra noun: the butterfly Gonepteryx cleopatra of the family Pieridae.
Noun (1)
cleopatra (plural cleopatras)
Proper noun capitalized: Cleopatra
Cleopatra (plural Cleopatras)
- A given name of women in the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt; notably Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt (69–30 BCE); last of the Ptolemy line.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Noun (2) capitalized: Cleopatra
Cleopatra (plural Cleopatras)
- A woman of great seductive beauty.
- Inanna becomes the archetype for all the Cleopatras to come; she is "the bitch goddess" who from her first appearance in Sumerian civilization will live on in all other civilizations - in myth and legend, novel and poem, Shakespearean play and Hollywood film.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 165
- A variety of apple.
- The Cleopatra butterfly (Gonepteryx cleopatra).
cleopatra meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cleopatra in Hindi
- क्लियोपेट्रा, क्लियोपैट्रा, क्लिओपेट्रा
cleopatra in Tamil
- கிளியோபாட்ரா, க்ளீயோபாட்ரா, கிளியோபேட்ரா
cleopatra in Marathi
- क्लियोपेट्रा, क्लिओपेट्रा, क्लियोपात्रा
cleopatra in Urdu
- کلیوپیٹرا, کلیوپاترا
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- cleopatra in Bengali
- ক্লিওপেট্রা, ক্লিওপাট্রা
- cleopatra in Telugu
- క్లియోపాత్రా, క్లియోపాట్రా, క్లియోపేట్రా
- cleopatra in Malayalam
- ക്ലിയോപാട്ര, ക്ലിയോപാട്രാ, ക്ലിയോപാറ്റ്ര
- cleopatra in Kannada
- ಕ್ಲಿಯೋಪಾತ್ರಾ, ಕ್ಲಿಯೋಪೇಟ್ರಾ, ಕ್ಲಿಯೋಪಾತ್ರ
- cleopatra in Punjabi
- ਕਲੀਓਪੇਟਰਾ, ਕਲੀਓਪੈਟਰਾ, ਕਲੀਓਪੈਟ੍ਰਾ
- cleopatra in Gujarati
- ક્લિયોપેટ્રા, ક્લિઓપેટ્રા, ક્લેયોપેટ્રા
- cleopatra in Odia
- କ୍ଲିଓପାଟ୍ରା, କ୍ଲିଓପେଟ୍ରା, କ୍ଲିଓପାତ୍ରା
- cleopatra in Nepali
- क्लियोपेट्रा, क्लियोपात्रा, क्लिओपेट्रा
Forms of cleopatra
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cleopatras |
| plural | Cleopatras |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Cleopatras |
| alternative form | Kleopatra |
Origin of cleopatra
From Middle English Cleopatra, from Latin Cleopatra, from Ancient Greek Κλεοπάτρα (Kleopátra), meaning "glory of her father", from κλέος (kléos, “glory”) + πατήρ (patḗr, “father”).
Words formed from cleopatra
Phrases with cleopatra
Questions about cleopatra
- What does cleopatra mean?
- Cleopatra means the butterfly Gonepteryx cleopatra of the family Pieridae.
- What is cleopatra in Hindi?
- Cleopatra in Hindi is क्लियोपेट्रा, क्लियोपैट्रा, क्लिओपेट्रा. See Cleopatra meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cleopatra?
- Cleopatra can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce cleopatra?
- Cleopatra is pronounced /kliːoʊˈpætɹə/.
- What is the plural of cleopatra?
- The plural of cleopatra is cleopatras.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cleopatra (page history and authors); Cleopatra (page history and authors); cleopatra (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cleopatra (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cleopatra (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cleopatra (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cleopatra (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cleopatra (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cleopatra (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cleopatra (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cleopatra (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cleopatra (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cleopatra (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cleopatra (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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