philomene
philomene noun: the nightingale.
Noun
philomene (plural philomenes)
- The nightingale.
Proper noun capitalized: Philomene
Philomene
- A female given name from French.
- In the Roman Catholic Church of St. Vincent Ferrer yesterday morning, Miss Philomene Frances Gilman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Richard Gilman of 530 Park Avenue, was married to Lawrence Edward McGourty Jr., son of Mrs. McGourty of Melrose, Mass., and the late Lieut. Comdr. McGourty, U. S. N.1950 April 16, George Hurrell, “Philomene F. Gilman, L. E. M’Gourty Jr. Wed”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
- Sister Mary Margaret (Ida), daughter of Peter and Anna Marie Schmelzer Linenberger was born in Victoria [Kansas], October 11, 1896. […] Surviving Sister Mary Margaret are two sisters, Mrs. Emerentiana Denning, Red Bluffs, California; Mrs. Philomene Norton, Park, Kansas.1976 May 10, “[Deaths] Sister Mary Margaret”, in The Hays Daily News, 47th year, number 155, Hays, Kan., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10, column 5
Forms of philomene
| plural | philomenes |
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Origin of philomene
Learned borrowing from Latin philomēna.
From French Philomène. Doublet of Philomena.
Questions about philomene
- What does philomene mean?
- Philomene means the nightingale.
- What part of speech is philomene?
- Philomene can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of philomene?
- The plural of philomene is philomenes.
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