Philippa

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English[編集]

Etymology[編集]

A Latinate feminine form of Philip, recorded in medieval England, but originally pronounced like the masculine form.

Pronunciation[編集]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɪ.lɪ.pə/
  • (file)

Proper noun[編集]

Philippa

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
    • 1854, John Esten Cooke, The Youth of Jefferson, Redfield, published 1854, page 22:
      "You detest every thing insincere, I know, charming Philippa — pardon me, your beautiful name betrays me constantly. Is it not — like your voice — stolen from poetry or music?"
    • 1963, Jane McIlvaine, Cammie's Cousin, Bobbs-Merrill, page 58:
      They had an expensive, well-cut air which was like a uniform, and their conversation was all about people with names like Terence and Geoffrey, Philippa and Vivien, who lived in London and County Wicklow and who were "terribly amusing".

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Proper noun[編集]

Philippa f

  1. a female given name

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Latin[編集]

Etymology[編集]

Feminine form of Philippus from Ancient Greek Φίλιππος (Phílippos, literally Lover of Horses).

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Proper noun[編集]

Philippa f sg (genitive Philippae); first declension

  1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, masculine equivalent Philippus, equivalent to English Philippa or Pippa
  2. A fictitious Greek female character in the play Epidicus of Plautus, famed Roman playwright of the Old Latin period

Declension[編集]

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Philippa
Genitive Philippae
Dative Philippae
Accusative Philippam
Ablative Philippā
Vocative Philippa

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Further reading[編集]

  • Philippa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Proper noun[編集]

Philippa f

  1. Alternative spelling of Filipa