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Iseult

/ɪˈsuːlt/

Iseult proper noun: a female given name from the Germanic languages.

Proper noun

Iseult

  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
    • Just as he finished, the daughter came in, Iseult. A name out of the past, a darkly Celtic presence: jet-black hair, the same as Minogue had had, tall.1988, John Brady, A Stone of the Heart, St Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 9

Forms of Iseult

alternative formIsolde

Origin of Iseult

Old French, the name of the queen who fell in love with Tristan in medieval romance Tristan and Iseult, perhaps from Celtic, of uncertain meaning, possibly Proto-Brythonic *Adsiltia (“she who is gazed upon”); compare Welsh syllu and Irish súil. Otherwise from Germanic, equivalent to Old High German is (“ice”) + hiltja (“battle”) (from Proto-West Germanic *hildi).

Questions about Iseult

What does Iseult mean?
Iseult means a female given name from the Germanic languages.
What part of speech is Iseult?
Iseult is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Iseult?
Iseult is pronounced /ɪˈsuːlt/.

Words near Iseult in the dictionary

  1. Isernia
  2. Isers
  3. isethionate
  4. isethionates
  5. isethionic acid
  6. Iseult
  7. Iseum
  8. Iseums
  9. ISF
  10. Isfahan
  11. Isfahani

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