André

See also: Andre, andre, and ändre

Translingual

Proper noun

André

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Édouard-François André (1840-1911).

Further reading

• Author query of the International Plant Names Index

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːndɹeɪ/, /ˈɒndɹeɪ/

Proper noun

André

1. A male given name from French or Portuguese, borrowed from the French and Portuguese form of Andrew.

Anagrams

• Arden, Drane, Renda, -ander, Daren, Erdan, Nader, raden, Nerad, dearn, redan, Derna, Nedra, denar

Afrikaans

Etymology

From French André.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈandrəi/

Proper noun

André

1. a male given name

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Andre

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑn.dreː/

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• Hyphenation: An‧dré

Proper noun

André m

1. a male given name borrowed from French

Related terms

• pet forms: Dré, Dre, Dreetje
• feminine: Andrée, Andrea

Anagrams

• ander, Arend, arend, nader, raden

French

Etymology

From Latin Andreās, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.dʁe/

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• Homophone: Andrée

Proper noun

André m

1. Andrew. (biblical character)
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Andrew
3. a surname originating as a patronymic

Related terms

• pet form: Dédé
• feminine: Andrée, Andréane, Andréanne, Andrea, Andréana
• double names: André-Marie, André-Jean, Marc-André, Charles-André, André-Jean, André-Louis, André-Luc, André-Marc, André-Michel, etc.

Anagrams

• redan

Galician

Etymology

From Latin Andreās, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈdɾɛ/

Proper noun

André m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Andrew
2. (biblical) Andrew (one of the Apostles)
3. a patronymical surname

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “andre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “André”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• "André" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈdʁe/

Proper noun

André m

1. a male given name from French

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• Andre (alternative spelling without the acute accent)

Etymology

Borrowed from French André (“male given name”), from Latin Andreas (“male given name”), from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas, “male given name”), derived from ἀνδρεῖος (andreîos, “manly, brave”), from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). First attested in the 19th century in Norway. Doublet of Anders (“male given name”) and Andreas (“male given name”).

Compare Danish André, Swedish André and English Andrew.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈdreː/
• Rhymes: -eː
• Homophone: Andre
• Hyphenation: An‧dré

Proper noun

André

1. a male given name from French [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Andrew

Usage notes

• The Norwegian name day for André is 3 July, shared with Andrea and Andrine.
• Among Norwegian-born bearers recorded for the period 1900–2017, 84 percent had André as their second given name.

Statistics

• Statistics Norway groups André, Andre and certain typographical variants under the normalized form Andre. The combined group comprised 6,527 men in the current name data; separate counts for André and Andre are not published.

Portuguese

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Andreās, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas). An Old Galician-Portuguese form Andreu was displaced. Doublet of Andrei.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈdɾɛ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈdɾɛ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: An‧dré

Proper noun

André m (plural Andrés)

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew

Derived terms

• Santo André

Related terms

• Andreia (feminine)
• Andressa (feminine)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French André. Doublet of Andrés.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈdɾe/ [ãn̪ˈd̪ɾe]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: An‧dré

Proper noun

André m

1. a male given name from French

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /andˈreː/

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• Rhymes: -eː

Proper noun

André c (genitive Andrés)

1. a male given name borrowed from French
   • 1997, Majgull Axelsson, Aprilhäxan, Pan, published 2006, →ISBN, page 245:

     André. Så kallade hon honom, trots att det egentligen var hans efternamn. Men hon kunde inte förmå sig att kalla honom Bertil, det var ett namn som gick an på plugghästar och bankkamrerare, men som var fullkomligt orimligt på en älskare.

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2. a surname

Related terms

• (male): Anders, Andreas
• (female): Andrea