Elvis

English

Elvis Presley

Etymology

From the anglicisation of the Irish name of Saint Ailbe (Saint Elvis), also known as Saint Eilfyw or Eilfw. Ultimate origin is uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlvɪs/

Proper noun

Elvis

1. A male given name.
2. Elvis Presley (1935-1977), a popular American rock-and-roll singer.

Derived terms

• 50 million Elvis fans can't be wrong
• Elvis country
• Elvisdom
• Elvisesque
• Elvis has left the building
• Elvis impersonator
• Elvis operator
• Elvis sandwich
• Elvis syndrome
• Elvis taxon
• Elvisy

 

Translations

a male given name

• Arabic: إِلْفِيس m (ʔilfis)
• Bulgarian: Е́лвис m (Élvis)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃爾維斯／埃尔维斯 (Āi'ěrwéisī)

• Japanese: エルヴィス (Eruvisu)
• Korean: 엘비스 (Elbiseu)
• Portuguese: Elvis m
• Russian: Э́лвис (ru) m (Élvis)

Elvis Presley

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貓王／猫王 (zh) (Māowáng)

Noun

Elvis (plural Elvises or Elvii)

1. An impersonator of Elvis Presley.
2. (programming) An Elvis operator.

Translations

impersonator of Elvis Presley

• Portuguese: Elvis m

Further reading

• Elvis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Levi's, Levis, Lévis, Viels, evils, lives, slive, veils, vleis, vlies

Cebuano

Etymology

After Elvis Presley.

Proper noun

Elvis

1. Elvis Presley
2. a male given name from English

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded in 1965. From English Elvis. By folk etymology it can be interpreted as a masculine form of Elva or a variant of Alvis.

Proper noun

Elvis m

1. a male given name

Related terms

• Elvijs
• Elviss

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Elvis was the only given name of 1091 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Elvis.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛw.vis/ [ˈɛʊ̯.vis]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛw.vis/ [ˈɛʊ̯.vis]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɛw.viʃ/ [ˈɛʊ̯.viʃ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.viʃ/ [ˈɛɫ.viʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.viʃ/ [ˈɛɫ.viʃ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.biʃ/ [ˈɛɫ.βiʃ]

Proper noun

Elvis m

1. a male given name

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Elvis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈelbis/ [ˈel.β̞is]
• Rhymes: -elbis
• Syllabification: El‧vis

Proper noun

Elvis m

1. a male given name from English