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Word

georges

Phoneticsgeorges

/ˈdʒɔɹdʒəz/

Definitions

01multiple people named George

A1

n. more than one person named George.

n. The plural form of the proper noun George, used to refer to multiple individuals sharing the name.

“There are three Georges in our office, so we use their last names to tell them apart.”

“The history book discusses the four Georges who ruled Great Britain in succession during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.”

Usage

Always capitalised as it is a proper noun.

02French name

B1

n. the French version of the male name George.

n. A masculine given name of French origin, cognate with the English name George.

“Georges is a very common name for men in France.”

“The exhibition featured several famous paintings by Georges Seurat, the pioneer of pointillism.”

Usage

Note the silent 's' in the French pronunciation.

Synonyms

Etymology

Borrowed from French Georges.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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