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BERNARDINE

Definitions: BERNARDINE

BERNARDINE

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, or to the Cistercian monks.

Noun

1. A Cistercian monk.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

"BERNARDINE" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to bear", "to be brave", "hardy".

 

Synonyms within Context: BERNARDINE

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Clergy

Cenobite, conventual, abbot, prior, monk, friar, lay brother, beadsman, mendicant, pilgrim, palmer; canon regular, canon secular; Franciscan, Friars minor, Minorites; Observant, Capuchin, Dominican, Carmelite; Augustinian; Gilbertine; Austin Friars, Black Friars, White Friars, Gray Friars, Crossed Friars, Crutched Friars; Bonhomme, Carthusian, Benedictine, Cistercian, Trappist, Cluniac, Premonstatensian, Maturine; Templar, Hospitaler; Bernardine, Lorettine, pillarist, stylite.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: BERNARDINE

Specialty definitions using "BERNARDINE": I.H.SWharton. (references)

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Modern Usage: BERNARDINE

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Bernardine (1957)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: BERNARDINE

DomainTitle

Books

  • Twelfth Century Cistercian Hymnal: The Milanese-Cistercian Recension and the Bernardine Recension (Cistercian Liturgy) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: BERNARDINE

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Portrait of Bernardine Szold Fritz.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: BERNARDINE

"BERNARDINE" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "BERNARDINE" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)100%2245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: BERNARDINE

The following table summarizes the usage of "BERNARDINE" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
BernardineFirst name Female1,0003,182
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: BERNARDINE

"BERNARDINE" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to bear", "to be brave", "hardy".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "BERNARDINE."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
BernatMaleCatalanBernard
BernadineFemaleEnglishBernard
BernardMaleEnglishN/A
BernardineFemaleEnglishBernard
BernadetteFemaleFrenchBernard
BernardMaleFrenchN/A
BernardineFemaleFrenchBernard
BernhardMaleGermanBernard
BernátMaleHungarianBernard
BernardettaFemaleItalianBernard
BernardoMaleItalianBernard
BernardoMalePortugueseBernard
BerntMaleScandinavianBernard
BernardoMaleSpanishBernard
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BERNARDINE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

bernardine

14

bernardine dohrn

14

bernardine center medical st

9

bernardine hospital st

5

bernardine sienna st

3

bernardine st

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: BERNARDINE

Language Translations for "BERNARDINE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Romanian

  

Bernardin. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

Bernardo (Bernard). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

Бернардинець. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "BERNARDINE"

Words rhyming with "BERNARDINE" (pronounced 'Ber"nar*dine'): Aldine, Almandine, Almondine, Amandine, Andine, Brigandine, Cappadine, Celandine, Chloriodine, Chrysoidine, Cinchonidine, Collidine, Coridine, Cryptidine, Cumidine, Cymidine, Didine, Dipyridine, Ferrandine, grenadine, Guanidine, Haberdine, Hirudine, Hirundine, iodine, Juglandine, Lutidine, Meconidine, Misseldine, Muscardine, Nandine, Naphthalidine, Nicotidine, Oxamidine, Oxyrrhodine, Paludine, Pardine, Phenanthridine, Piperidine, Pyridine, Quinaldine, Quinidine, Rubidine, Sanidine, Secundine, Smaragdine, Solanidine, Sordine, Teredine, Thialdine. (additional references)

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Anagrams: BERNARDINE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-e-i-n-n-r-r"

-2 letters: bannered, brannier, endbrain.

-3 letters: adenine, barnier, beadier, berried, braider, brained, brander, branned, branner, dernier, drainer, inbreed, nardine, nerdier, randier, readier.

-4 letters: abider, aedine, aeried, aerier, arider, bander, banned, banner, barred, barren, beaned, beanie, bearer, bender, binder, binned, birder, birred, briard, brined, briner, darner, dearer, dearie, denari, denier, dinner, earned, earner, endear, endrin, ennead.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-e-i-n-n-r-r"
 

+1 letter: breadwinner.

 

+2 letters: breadwinners.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: BERNARDINE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 45 52 4E 41 52 44 49 4E 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-...    .    .-.    -.    .-    .-.    -..    ..    -.    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01000101 01010010 01001110 01000001 01010010 01000100 01001001 01001110 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#69 &#82 &#78 &#65 &#82 &#68 &#73 &#78 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0045 0052 004E 0041 0052 0044 0049 004E 0045

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

36395248355238434839

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Usage Frequency
7. Names: Frequency
8. Names: Derived from
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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