Charlemagne

English

Etymology

From Middle English Charlemagne (compare Charlemayn), from Middle French Charlemagne, from Old French Carles li magnes, from Latin Carolus Magnus (literally “Charles/Karl the Great”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑːɹləmeɪn/, /ˌʃɑːrləˈmeɪn/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑːləˌmeɪn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑɹləˌmeɪn/

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Proper noun

Charlemagne

1. One of the kings of the Franks from 768 to 814, crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 until his death in 814.

   Synonyms: Charles the Great, Karl the Great

Related terms

• Carolingian, Carolinian, Carlovingian

Translations

king of the Franks

• Albanian: Karli i Madh m
• Breton: Karl Veur
• Catalan: Carlemany m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 查理大帝 (Chálǐ Dàdì)

• Danish: Karl den Store
• Dutch: Karel de Grote
• Estonian: Karl Suur
• Faroese: Karlamagnus m
• Finnish: Kaarle Suuri
• Franco-Provençal: Chârlomagno
• French: Charlemagne (fr) m

  Old French: Carles li magnes m

• German: Karl der Große m
• Hindi: शारलेमेन m (śārlemen)
• Hungarian: Nagy Károly
• Irish: Séarlas Mór m
• Italian: Carlo Magno m, Carlomagno m
• Japanese: カール大帝 (Kāru Taitei)
• Korean: 카롤루스 대제 (Karolluseu Daeje)
• Latin: Carolus Magnus m
• Macedonian: Карло Велики m (Karlo Veliki)
• Marathi: शार्लमेन m (śārlamen)
• Norman: Charlemangne m
• Occitan: Carlesmanhe m
• Old Norse: Karlamagnús m
• Picard: Carlémangne, Carlémanne
• Polish: Karol Wielki m
• Portuguese: Carlos Magno m
• Romanian: Carol cel Mare m
• Russian: Карл Вели́кий m (Karl Velíkij)
• Slovak: Karol Veľký m
• Spanish: Carlomagno m
• Swedish: Karl den store
• Turkish: Şarlman
• Walloon: Tchårlumagne
• Welsh: Siarlymaen m

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French Carles li magnes, borrowed from Latin Carolus Magnus (literally “Charles/Carl the Great”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaʁ.lə.maɲ/
• Rhymes: -aɲ

Proper noun

Charlemagne m

1. Charlemagne (emperor)

Related terms

• Charles

Middle English

Etymology

From Middle French Charlemagne, from Old French Carles li magnes. Compare earlier Charlemayn.

Proper noun

Charlemagne

1. Charlemagne
   • 1490, William Caxton, transl., The Right Plesaunt and Goodly Historie of the Foure Sonnes of Aymon. […] (The English Charlemagne Romances; parts X, XI), London: […] [F]or the Early English Text Society by N[icholas] Trübner & Co., […], published 1885, page 4:

     And also that my sayd Lorde / desyreth to have other Hystories of olde tyme / passed of vertues chyvalry, reduced in lykewyse into our Englishe tongue: he late sent to me a booke in Frenche, conteynyng thactes / and faytes of warre / doone and made agaynst y^e great Emperour and king of Fraunce, Charlemagne, by y^e .iiii. sonnes of Aymon, otherwyse named in Frenche, ‘Les quatre fylz Aymon.’

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Descendants

• English: Charlemagne