English Explanatory Dictionary

Hortense

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A female given name from French.
  2. An unincorporated community in Brantley County, Georgia, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɔː(ɹ)tɛns/ /hɔː(ɹ)ˈtɛns/ /(h)ɔː(ɹ)tɑ̃s/

Word forms

Hortense

Etymology

From the French form of the Latin Hortēnsia, feminine form of Hortēnsius (“name of a Roman gens”), probably derived from hortēnsis (“having to do with gardens”) on the basis that the first to bear the name was a gardener.

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