# Charlotte
## English
### Etymology

From French Charlotte in the 17th century, a female diminutive form of Charles, from Middle High German Karl, which came from the Germanic *karlaz. The civil parish is named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General South African) IPA: /ˈʃɑːlət/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈʃɑɹlət/
* Audio (US):(file)
* (General Australian, New Zealand, Boston) IPA: /ˈʃaːlət/
* (Scotland, Ireland) IPA: /ˈʃaɹlət/
* Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)lət

### Proper noun

Charlotte
* A female given name from French.
** 1852 August, D. H. Jacques, “A Chapter on Names”, in The Knickerbocker, or, New-York Monthly Magazine, volume XL, page 117:My Charlotte conquers with a smile, / And reigneth queen of love. In the home-circle and among her companions, Charlotte lays aside her queenship and becomes a gentle Lottie.
** 1859, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter VII, in Adam Bede […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:"Here's Totty! By-and-by, what's her other name? She wasn't christened Totty." "Oh, sir, we call her sadly out of name. Charlotte's her christened name. It's a name i' Mr. Poyser's family; his grandmother was named Charlotte. But we began calling her Lotty, and now it's got to Totty. To be sure it's more like a name for a dog than a Christian child."
** 2007, Sophie Hannah, Hurting Distance, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 225:'Can I call you Charlotte?' 'No. I hate the name, makes me sound like a Victorian aunt. I'm Charlie, and no, you can't call me that either.'
* A civil parish of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. [From 1765]
* A city, the county seat of Eaton County, Michigan, United States.
* The largest city in North Carolina, United States and the county seat of Mecklenburg County.
* A town, the county seat of Dickson County, Tennessee, United States.
* University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

#### Derived terms

* Charlotte County
* Charlotte Court House
* Charlottesville

#### Translations
### Noun

Charlotte (plural Charlottes)
* (historical) Designating a type of women's bonnet popular in the 18th and 19th centuries.
** 1764 Sep, The Scots Magazine:The Charlotte bonnet, form'd to please, / And Strelitz coif she wore with ease.
** 1819 Apr, La Belle Assemblée:the Charlotte bonnet, from the Sorrows of Werther, was the most becoming and elegantly retired bonnet ever yet sported for walking.
** 1968, Gisèle d'Assailly, Ages of Elegance:Women now resembled well-rounded cabbages from which protruded a tiny head crushed beneath a Charlotte hat covered with plumes and gew-gaws.

## Danish
### Etymology

From French Charlotte.

### Proper noun

Charlotte
* a female given name

#### Related terms

* Lotte
* Liselotte

### References

* Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 33 806 females with the given name Charlotte have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 May 2011.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃaʁ.lɔt/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Charlotte f
* a female given name, a feminine diminutive form of Charles

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from French Charlotte and charlotte.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃaʁˈlɔtə/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Charlotte f (proper noun, genitive Charlottes or Charlotte, plural Charlottes)
* a female given name from French; variant forms Lotte, Lieselotte, Liselotte
* The digraph ⟨Ch⟩ in the German spelling alphabet.

#### Declension
### Noun

Charlotte f (genitive Charlotte, plural Charlotten)
* charlotte (dessert consisting of sponge cake filled with fruit)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Charlotte” in Duden online
* “Charlotte” in Duden online

## Norwegian
### Proper noun

Charlotte
* a female given name of French origin. Diminutive: Lotte

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɧaˈɭot/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Charlotte c (genitive Charlottes)
* a female given name of French origin

#### Related terms

* Charlotta, Lotta