Bernard

• (surname): Barnard

From Middle English Bernard, from Old French Bernard, Bernart, from Medieval Latin Bernardus, probably from Frankish *Bernhard (compare Old High German Bernhart, Old English Beornheard), from Proto-Germanic *Bernuharduz, equivalent to bear +‎ -ard. Popularized by medieval European saints.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜːnəd/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /bəɹˈnɑɹd/
• Rhymes: (UK) -ɜːnəd, (US) -ɑː(ɹ)d

Bernard

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
   • 1992, Thomas Keneally, Woman of the Inner Sea, Plume, published 1994, →ISBN, pages 18–19:

     A similar arrangement was made for her son Bernard, named in honor of the great Carthusian mystic (at least, that is what Jim Gaffney would softly tell Mrs. Kozinski) and of Bernie Astor, the publicist.

2. A surname originating as a patronymic.

• Brander, brander, rebrand

From English Bernard, from Germanic.

Bernard

1. a male given name from English [in turn from the Germanic languages]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Bernard.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛrnart]

Bernard m anim

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Bernard

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

• IPA^(key): /bɛʁ.naʁ/

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Bernard m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Bernard
2. a surname originating as a patronymic

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛr.nart/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrnart
• Syllabification: Ber‧nard

Bernard m pers

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Bernard

• Bernard in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛrnard/

Bernard m anim (genitive singular Bernarda, nominative plural Bernardovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Bernard

• “Bernard”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024