Wenceslaus

English

Etymology

Latinization of a Slavic (Old Czech) name, from Proto-Slavic *Vęťeslavъ (from *vęťьjь (“greater, more”) +‎ *slava (“fame, glory”)). Doublet of Vyacheslav.

Proper noun

Wenceslaus

A male given name from the Slavic languages.

Usage notes

Applied to historical persons in English, notably, a tenth century king and patron saint of Bohemia.

Related terms

Wenceslas

Translations

male given name

Belarusian: Вячасла́ў m (Vjačasláŭ)
Bulgarian: Вацлав (Vaclav)
Czech: Václav (cs) m, Věnceslav (cs) m
Esperanto: Venceslao
Faroese: Vensil m
French: Venceslas (fr) m
Galician: Wenceslao m
German: Wenzel (de) m, Wenzeslaus m
Hungarian: Vencel (hu)
Italian: Venceslao (it) m
Japanese: ヴァーツラフ (Vātsurafu)
Macedonian: Венцислав m (Vencislav)
Polish: Wacław (pl) m
Portuguese: Venceslau (pt) m, Wenceslau m
Russian: Вячесла́в (ru) m (Vjačesláv)
Serbo-Croatian: Vaclav m, Вацлав m
Slovak: Václav m
Spanish: Wenceslao (es) m, Venceslao (es)
Ukrainian: В'ячесла́в m (Vʺjačesláv), Венцесла́в m (Vencesláv)

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