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Melchior en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmɛl.ki.ɔː(ɹ)/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Latin Melchior, from Hebrew מלכיאור (“king of light”), from מלך (“king”) + אור (“light”).

Meanings

  1. A very large wine bottle (named after the King) with the capacity of about 18 liters, equivalent to 24 standard bottles.

Forms

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Synonyms

Solomon

Translations (1)

bg Мелхиор (wine bottle of 18 litres)

Melchior en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmɛl.ki.ɔː(ɹ)/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Latin Melchior, from Hebrew מלכיאור (“king of light”), from מלך (“king”) + אור (“light”).

Meanings

  1. One of the Magi according to medieval Christian legend.
  2. (qualifier:rather rare) A male given name from Hebrew.
    • So twin boys, our fathers, were born in the USA. Melchior and Peregrine. What names, eh? What delusions of grandeur went into the naming of them? If you shorten them to 'Mel' and 'Perry', they've got a democratically twentieth-century and transatlantic ring to them. 1991, Angela Carter, Wise Children, Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 16:

Translations (30)

sq Melhióri (one of the Magi) · sq Melkiór (one of the Magi) · sq Melhiór (one of the Magi) · sv Melker (male given name) · ru Мельхио́р (one of the Magi) · gl Melchor (male given name) · hu Menyhért (one of the Magi) · it Melchiorre (one of the Magi) · fr Melchior (male given name) · ca Melcior (one of the Magi) · gl Melchor (one of the Magi) · pl Melchior (male given name) · bg Мелхиор (one of the Magi) · sq Melkióri (one of the Magi) · de Melchior (male given name) · hy Մելքոն (one of the Magi) · es Melchor (male given name) · scn Mirchiorri (one of the Magi) · fr Melchior (one of the Magi) · sq Melhióri (male given name) · bg Мелхиор (male given name) · it Melchiorre (male given name) · scn Mirchiorri (male given name) · pl Melchior (one of the Magi) · es Melchor (one of the Magi) · pt Belchior (one of the Magi) · sq Melkiór (male given name) · sq Melkióri (male given name) · oc Melquiòr (one of the Magi) · sq Melhiór (male given name)