Silvester

See also: silvester

English

Proper noun

Silvester

1. A surname.
2. A male given name, variant of Sylvester.

Estonian

Etymology

From Latin sylvester (“woody, rural”) from silva (“wood”); name of a saint whose feast day falls on December 31. Borrowed from German Sylvester. Cognate with English Sylvester.

Proper noun

Silvester

1. a male given name

German

Alternative forms

• Sylvester (standard for the given name only)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɪlˈvɛstɐ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛstɐ

Etymology 1

From Pope Silvester I, whose feast-day has been the 31st of December since the Gregorian calendar reform of 1582. Compare Russian Сильвестров день (Silʹvestrov denʹ), Polish sylwester.

Noun

Silvester n or m (strong, genitive Silvesters, plural (uncommon) Silvester)

1. New Year's Eve

Declension

Declension of Silvester [neuter // masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das, der	Silvester	die	Silvester1
genitive	eines	des	Silvesters	der	Silvester1
dative	einem	dem	Silvester	den	Silvestern1
accusative	ein, einen	das, den	Silvester	die	Silvester1

¹Uncommon.

Etymology 2

From Latin Silvester.

Proper noun

Silvester m (proper noun, strong, genitive Silvesters, plural Silvester or Silvesters)

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Silvester [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Silvester	die	Silvester, Silvesters
genitive	eines	des	Silvesters	der	Silvester, Silvesters
dative	einem	dem	Silvester	den	Silvestern, Silvesters
accusative	einen	den	Silvester	die	Silvester, Silvesters

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Silvester.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [silvˈæstɐ]

Noun

Silvester m (plural Silvesteren)

1. New Year's Eve.

Further reading

• Silvester in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire