English Explanatory Dictionary

Cleopatra

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. 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.
  2. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
noun
  1. A woman of great seductive beauty.
  2. A variety of apple.
  3. The Cleopatra butterfly (Gonepteryx cleopatra).
noun
  1. The butterfly Gonepteryx cleopatra of the family Pieridae.

Pronunciation

/kliːoʊˈpætɹə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cleopatra.wav

Word forms

Cleopatra Cleopatras Kleopatra

Etymology

From Middle English Cleopatra, from Latin Cleopatra, from Ancient Greek Κλεοπάτρα (Kleopátra), meaning "glory of her father", from κλέος (kléos, “glory”) + πατήρ (patḗr, “father”).

Related words

Cleopas

Derived words

Cleopatra mandarin Cleopatra wig

Translations

Albanian: Kleopatra Arabic: كْلِيوْبَاتْرَا Arabic: كليوباترا Armenian: Կլեոպատրա Old Armenian: Կղէոպատրա Bulgarian: Клеопа́тра Catalan: Cleòpatra Chinese Mandarin: 克萊奧帕特拉 /克莱奥帕特拉 Chinese Mandarin: 克婁巴特拉 /克娄巴特拉 Coptic: ⲕⲗⲉⲟⲡⲁⲧⲣⲁ Coptic: ⲕⲗⲉⲩⲡⲁⲧⲣⲁ Czech: Kleopatra Danish: Kleopatra Esperanto: Kleopatra Faroese: Kleopatra Finnish: Kleopatra French: Cléopâtre Galician: Cleopatra Georgian: კლეოპატრა German: Kleopatra Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Ancient Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Hungarian: Kleopátra Italian: Cleopatra Japanese: クレオパトラ Korean: 클레오파트라 Latin: Cleopatra Macedonian: Клеопатра Marathi: क्लिओपात्रा Persian: کلئوپاترا Polish: Kleopatra Portuguese: Cleópatra Romanian: Cleopatra Russian: Клеопа́тра Serbo-Croatian: Клеопатра Serbo-Croatian: Kleopatra Slovak: Kleopatra Slovene: Kleópatra Spanish: Cleopatra Thai: คลีโอพัตรา Turkish: Kleopatra Ukrainian: Клеопа́тра Urdu: قلوپطرہ
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