Carmen
/ˈkɑː(ɹ)mən/ name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 plural of carman form-of, plural
Proper Noun
- 1 A female given name from Spanish
"Not all of them looked "Spanish", but, no doubt, all of them were Spanish, even the blue-eyed, white, sylph-like creature, dressed in pale blue and white, who looked much more like a Murillo Madonna than like Carmen, but who danced like a Carmen, with a lithe, luring body entirely without stays[...]"
- 2 A male given name from Italian. dated, rare
- 3 A surname.
- 4 A town in Oklahoma.
- 5 An unincorporated community in Idaho.
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"My husband and I are going on Sunday to see the ballet, Carmen, performed by the National Ballet Company at the Four Seasons Centre."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Spanish Carmen, cognate with English Carmel. Made famous outside Spain by the opera Carmen (1875) by Georges Bizet.
Etymology 2
From Italian Carmine.
Etymology 3
* From Spanish Carmen. * A variant of Carman.