Ferdinand
pronunciation
How to pronounce Ferdinand in British English:
UK ['fɝdənænd]
How to pronounce Ferdinand in American English:
US
Word Origin
- Ferdinand
- masc. proper name, Germanic, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *fardi-nanth- and meaning literally "adventurer," with first element perhaps Proto-Germanic *fardiz "journey," abstract noun related to or from *far- "to fare, travel" (see fare (v.)); second element is Proto-Germanic *nanthiz "risk," related to Old English neðan, Old High German nendan "to risk, venture."
Example
- 1. After shooting franz ferdinand he swallowed a cyanide tablet but it didn 't kill him .
- 2. World war I would have erupted absent the assassination of the archduke ferdinand , and the vietnam war would no doubt have started absent an incident in the gulf of tonkin .
- 3. So viscount ( and diplomat ) ferdinand marie de lesseps foundedla campagnie universelle du canal maritime de suez ( universal company of the suez maritime canal ) in 1858 to dig the ditch .
- 4. 19a Protester , her face painted with a call to free political prisoners , joins a rally near the presidential palace in manila on sept. 21 to call attention to the 39th anniversary of the imposition of martial law by the late strongman ferdinand marcos .