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WordReference is an online translation dictionary for, among others, the language pairs English–French, English–Italian, English–Spanish, French–Spanish, Spanish–Portuguese and English–Portuguese. WordReference formerly had Oxford Unabridged and Concise dictionaries available for a subscription.
Bridgette is a feminine given name. It is a variant of Bridget. [1] Notable people with the name include: Bridgette Andersen, American actress; Bridgette Crosby, fictional character in the DC Universe; Bridgette Gordon, American basketball player; Bridgette Gusterson, Australian water polo player; Bridgette Jones, member of the London band Fluffy
Beatrice (/ ˈ b iː (ə) t r ɪ s / BEE-(ə-)triss, Italian: [beaˈtriːtʃe]) [1] is a female given name. The English variant is derived from the French Béatrice, which came from the Latin Beatrix, which means "blessed one". [2] Beatrice is also the Italian language version of Beatrix. The Spanish and Portuguese form is Beatriz.
Bridget is an Irish female name derived from the Gaelic noun brígh, meaning "power, strength, vigor, virtue". [1] An alternative meaning of the name is "exalted one". [ 2 ] Its popularity, especially in Ireland, is largely related to the popularity of Saint Brigid of Kildare , who was so popular in Ireland she was known as "Mary of the Gael ".
The Italian nome is not analogous to the ancient Roman nomen; the Italian nome is the given name (distinct between siblings), while the Roman nomen is the gentile name (inherited, thus shared by all in a gens). Female naming traditions, and name-changing rules after adoption for both sexes, likewise differ between Roman antiquity and modern ...
In Italian, Bettina originated as a diminutive of the names Elisabetta and Benedetta. Benedetta is the Italian feminine form of Benedict , meaning "Blessed," while Elisabetta is the Italian form of Elizabeth , which itself comes from the Hebrew name Elisheva or Elisheba, meaning "my God is an oath".
Bridget, 13 years her junior, is the youngest (playing Sam, she is one of three kids). Looking through old Everett family photos recently, she notes of Brinton, "there's all these pictures of her ...
Spanish: in Argentina and Uruguay the word chau is the most common expression for "goodbye". In Chile , chao is the standard farewell. In Spain , where "adios" (with a religious etymology as "goodbye", the same as Italian "addio" and French "adieu", meaning "to God" in English) is the common expression, people can use chao as an original way of ...