earl

Significat (Anglès)

1. A British or Irish nobleman next in rank above a viscount and below a marquess; equivalent to a European count. A female using the style is termed a countess.
2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called counts and viscounts.

Conceptes

comte

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compte

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Sinònims

count

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nobleman

chief official

uncle

warrior

eldest brother

Traduccions

Graf

🔢

comte

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conde

🔢

conte

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graaf

conde

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κόμης

comes

comte

comde

الإيرل

jarl

كُونْت

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɜːl/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: erl

Heretat de anglès antic: eorl

Cognat amb Old Saxon: erl

Cognat amb nòrdic antic: jarl

Cognat amb nòrdic antic: jara

In summary

From Middle English erl, erle, from Old English eorl, from Proto-West Germanic *erl, from Proto-Germanic *erlaz (compare Old Saxon erl, Old Norse jarl), from Proto-Germanic *erōną, *arōną (compare Old Norse jara (“fight, battle”)). Doublet of eorl and jarl. Unrelated to ealdorman (“alderman”).