Shakespeare

Etymology
Common surname meaning "spearman", corresponding to  +.

Pronunciation




Proper noun

 * , an English playwright and poet of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries
 * 1) His works or media adaptations of his works.
 * 2) A place name:
 * , named after the playwright.
 * 1) A place name:
 * , named after the playwright.
 * , named after the playwright.

Usage notes

 * William Shakespeare's manuscripts use a great many different spellings of his surname, too many to list here. (At the time, name spellings were much more variable than today, see for a list.)

Translations

 * Arabic: شَكْسْبِير
 * Armenian: Շեքսպիր
 * Azerbaijani: Şekspir
 * Bashkir: Шекспир
 * Belarusian: Шэкспі́р, Шэксьпі́р
 * Bengali: শেক্সপীয়ার
 * Bulgarian: Ше́кспир
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish: Shakespeare
 * Esperanto: Ŝekspiro
 * Finnish: Shakespeare
 * French:
 * Georgian: შექსპირი
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: שייקספיר
 * Hindi: शेक्सपीयर
 * Japanese: シェイクスピア
 * Korean: ^셰익스피어
 * Latin: Shakespeārius
 * Latvian: Šekspīrs
 * Macedonian: Ше́кспир
 * Marathi: शेक्स्पीयर
 * Nepali: शेक्सपियर
 * Polish: Szekspir
 * Portuguese: Shakespeare
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Thai: เชกสเปียร์
 * Turkish: Shakespeare, Şekspir
 * Ukrainian: Шекспі́р
 * Vietnamese: Sếch-xpia
 * Yiddish: שייקספּיר

Noun

 * 1)  Eloquent language, especially English; poetry.
 * 2)  A playwright of the standing of William Shakespeare
 * 1)  A playwright of the standing of William Shakespeare

Proper noun

 * 1)  William Shakespeare, English playwright