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Frederick

/ˈfɹɛd(ə)ɹɪk/

Frederick proper noun: a male given name from the Germanic languages.

Proper noun

Frederick

  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
    • Have you not heard speak of Mariana, the sister of Frederick, the great soldier who miscarried at sea?Act III, Scene I
    • When I referred to the confusion which would result from the presence in the house of two people with the same name, she tossed her head and said it would be easy to obviate that by calling me Frederick instead of Fred. - - - Imagine Harry Bolles and other kindred spirits calling me stiff, august...1892, Robert Grant, The Reflections of a Married Man, Scribner, pages 98–99
  2. A surname.
  3. A town in Weld County, Colorado.
  4. A tiny city in Rice County, Kansas.
  5. A city, the county seat of Frederick County, Maryland, United States.
  6. A ghost town in Macomb County, Michigan.
  7. An unincorporated community in Miami County, Ohio, United States.
  8. A city, the county seat of Tillman County, Oklahoma, United States.
  9. A town in Brown County, South Dakota.

Frederick meaning in Bengali, Arabic, Persian and Thai

Frederick in Bengali

male given name
ফ্রেডেরিক phreḍerik

Frederick in Arabic

male given name
فريدرش

Frederick in Persian

male given name
فردریک feredrik, فردریش feredriš

Frederick in Thai

male given name
เฟรเดอริก

Origin of Frederick

From German Friedrich, Friederich and influenced by Latin Friderīcus, Frederīcus, from Old High German Fridurih, from Frankish *Friþurīk, from Proto-Germanic *Friþurīks, from *friþuz (“peace”) + *rīks (“king, ruler”), literally “peace king, peaceful ruler”.

Words formed from Frederick

Questions about Frederick

What does Frederick mean?
Frederick means a male given name from the Germanic languages.
What is Frederick in Bengali?
Frederick in Bengali is ফ্রেডেরিক (phreḍerik). See Frederick meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Frederick?
Frederick is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Frederick?
Frederick is pronounced /ˈfɹɛd(ə)ɹɪk/.

Words near Frederick in the dictionary

  1. Frederica
  2. fredericamycin
  3. fredericamycins
  4. Fredericia
  5. Frederician
  6. Frederick
  7. Frederick County
  8. Fredericka
  9. Frederickian
  10. Fredericksburg
  11. Fredericksen

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