William

//ˈwɪl.i.əm//

Synonyms for "william" (10 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Proper Noun(1 words)
wilkie
Noun(1 words)
whiskey

Strong matches (3)

Proper Noun(3 words)
wilkwilkewilkes

Related words (5)

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Translations

108 translations across 71 languages.

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Albanian

3 entries
  • Gjyiam name (male given name)
  • Golem name (male given name)
  • Gulielm name (male given name)

Arabic

2 entries
  • وِلْيَم name (male given name)
  • وِيلْيَام name (male given name)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • Guillén name (male given name)

Armenian

3 entries
  • Գուլիելմոս name (male given name)
  • Ուիլյամ name (male given name)
  • Վիլհելմ name (male given name)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • Uilyam name (male given name)

Bengali

1 entries
  • উইলিয়াম name (male given name)

Breton

1 entries
  • Gwilherm name (male given name)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • Уи́лям name (male given name)

Catalan

1 entries
  • Guillem name (male given name)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • William name (male given name)

Cherokee

3 entries
  • ᏫᎵ name (male given name)
  • ᏫᎵᎭᎹ name (male given name)
  • ᏫᎵᏯᎻ name (male given name)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 威廉 name (male given name)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 威廉 name (male given name)

Cornish

1 entries
  • Wella name (male given name)

Corsican

1 entries
  • Guglielmu name (male given name)

Czech

1 entries
  • Vilém name (male given name)

Danish

1 entries
  • Vilhelm name (male given name)

Dutch

2 entries
  • Willem name (male given name)
  • Wim name (male given name)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • Vilhelmo name (male given name)

Estonian

1 entries
  • Villem name (male given name)

Faroese

2 entries
  • Vilhjálmur name (male given name)
  • Viljormur name (male given name)

Finnish

3 entries
  • Vilhelm name (male given name)
  • Vilho name (male given name)
  • Ville name (male given name)

French

2 entries
  • Guillaume name (male given name)
  • William name (male given name)

Galician

1 entries
  • Guillerme name (male given name)

Georgian

4 entries
  • გიომი name (male given name)
  • ვილიამი name (male given name)
  • ვილჰელმი name (male given name)
  • უილიამი name (male given name)

German

1 entries
  • Wilhelm name (male given name)

Greek

3 entries
  • Γουίλιαμ name (male given name)
  • Γουλιέλμος name (male given name)
  • Ουίλλιαμ name (male given name)

Hawaiian

2 entries
  • Uilama name (male given name)
  • Wiliama name (male given name)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • וויליאם name (male given name)
  • וילהלם name (male given name)

Hindi

1 entries
  • विलियम name (male given name)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • Vilmos name (male given name)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • Vilhjálmur name (male given name)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • Viljam name (male given name)

Irish

2 entries
  • Liam name (male given name)
  • Uilliam name (male given name)

Italian

1 entries
  • Guglielmo name (male given name)

Japanese

3 entries
  • ウィリアム name (male given name)
  • ウィレム name (male given name)
  • ギヨーム name (male given name)

Korean

1 entries
  • 윌리엄 name (male given name)

Latin

4 entries
  • Guilelmus name (male given name)
  • Guilielmus (Guilhelmus) name (male given name)
  • Gulielmus name (male given name)
  • Wilhelmus name (male given name)

Latvian

2 entries
  • Vilhelms name (male given name)
  • Viljams name (male given name)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • Vi̇̀lhelmas name (male given name)

Low German

2 entries
  • Willem name (male given name)
  • Wilm name (male given name)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Wëllem name (male given name)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • Ви́лијам name (male given name)

Māori

1 entries
  • Wiremu name (male given name)

Norman

3 entries
  • Dgillaume name (male given name)
  • Villame name (male given name)
  • Villaume name (male given name)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • Vilhelm name (male given name)

Occitan

1 entries
  • Guilhèm name (male given name)

Old English

1 entries
  • Willelm name (male given name)

Old Norse

1 entries
  • Vilhjálmr name (male given name)

Persian

1 entries
  • ویلیام name (male given name)

Polish

1 entries
  • Wilhelm name (male given name)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • Guilherme name (male given name)

Romanian

1 entries
  • Vilhelm name (male given name)

Russian

4 entries
  • Ви́льям name (male given name)
  • Вильге́льм name (male given name)
  • Вилья́м name (male given name)
  • Уи́льям name (male given name)

Samoan

1 entries
  • Viliamu name (male given name)

Scots

2 entries
  • Weelum name (male given name)
  • Willum name (male given name)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • Uilleam name (male given name)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • Vilim name (male given name)
  • Вилим name (male given name)

Sicilian

2 entries
  • Gugghiermu name (male given name)
  • Vilermu name (male given name)

Slovak

1 entries
  • Viliam name (male given name)

Slovene

1 entries
  • Viljem name (male given name)

Spanish

1 entries
  • Guillermo name (male given name)

Swedish

1 entries
  • Vilhelm name (male given name)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • William name (male given name)

Tamil

1 entries
  • வில்லியம் name (male given name)

Thai

1 entries
  • วิลเลียม name (male given name)

Tongan

1 entries
  • Viliami name (male given name)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • Вільгельм name (male given name)

Walloon

1 entries
  • Wiyåme name (male given name)

Welsh

2 entries
  • Gwillim name (male given name)
  • Gwilym name (male given name)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • וויליאַם name (male given name)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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William Tell shot an arrow at the apple on his son's head.

Source: tatoeba (65693)

One American scientist, William Keeton, used a very interesting experiment to solve this mystery.

Source: tatoeba (67321)

I met her the year that my uncle William died.

Source: tatoeba (261092)

Having failed twice, William didn't want to try again.

Source: tatoeba (280984)

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