Meaning

  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  3. (slang) Fictional person used in references to vomiting.
  4. An unincorporated community in Harding County, South Dakota, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Webster County, West Virginia, United States.

Translations

sich erbrechen

rückwärts essen

υποκοριστικό του Rodolphus

κανω εμετό

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɹælf/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English Radulf, from Old English Rǣdwulf (also as Raulf), from Proto-West Germanic *Rādawulf, from Proto-Germanic *Rēdawulfaz. Reinforced by similar forms brought to England, e.g. Old Norse Ráðúlfr, then in the Norman form Old French Radulf, Radulph. For the sense relating to vomiting, see ralph.

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