# Edgar
## English
### Alternative forms

* (surname): Eagar

### Etymology

From Old English Ēadgār, the name of early English kings, from Old English ēad (“rich”) + gār (“spear”). Compare Icelandic Auðgeir.
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Why is the Latino hairstyle called an "Edgar"?”)

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ˈɛdɡɚ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Proper noun

Edgar
* A male given name from Old English.
** c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:What? did my father's godson seek your life? He whom my father nam'd? your Edgar?
** 2000, Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin, Random House, →ISBN, page 62:My father was the eldest of three sons, each of whom was given Adelia's idea of a high-toned name: Norval and Edgar and Percival, Arthurian revival with a hint of Wagner.
* A surname originating as a patronymic.
* A number of places in the United States:
** A township and unincorporated community therein, in Edgar County, Illinois.
** A minor city and township in Clay County, Nebraska.
** An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
** A village in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
* A community of Oro-Medonte, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.

#### Derived terms

* Edgar County
* Edgartown

#### Translations
### Noun

Edgar (plural Edgars)
* (informal) An Edgar Allan Poe Award, honoring works in the mystery genre.
* (slang, sometimes derogatory) A hairstyle often sported by Latino teenage boys that combines a bowl cut with a high fade.
** (by extension) One who wears that hairstyle.

### Further reading

* Edgar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Edgar (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* grade, garde, Degar, radge, raged, Agder, Gared, greda, Dager, Adger, Gerda

## Albanian
### Proper noun

Edgar m
* a male given name

#### Declension
## Cebuano
### Etymology

From English Edgar, from Old English. Also from Edgardo.

### Proper noun

Edgar
* a male given name from English [in turn from Old English]

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Edgar.

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Edgar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛt.xɑr/, /ˈɛt.ɡɑr/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Ed‧gar

### Proper noun

Edgar m
* a male given name, equivalent to English Edgar

## Estonian
### Proper noun

Edgar
* a male given name, equivalent to English Edgar

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛd.ɡaʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Edgar m
* a male given name, equivalent to English Edgar

### Anagrams

* égard
* garde, gardé

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛt.ɡaːɐ̯/, [ˈʔɛt.ɡ̊aːɐ̯]
* Hyphenation: Ed‧gar

### Proper noun

Edgar m (proper noun, strong, genitive Edgars or Edgar, plural Edgars)
* a male given name, equivalent to English Edgar

#### Declension
### References

* “Edgar” in Duden online

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Edgar, from Old English Ēadgār. Doublet of Audgeir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /¹ɛdːɡa(ː)r/

### Proper noun

Edgar m (definite Edgaren)
* a male given name from English

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* Édgar, Edgardo

### Etymology

Borrowed from English Edgar, from Old English Ēadgār, the name of early English kings, from Old English ēad (“rich”) + gār (“spear”). Compare Icelandic Auðgeir.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ed͡ʒˈɡaʁ/ [ed͡ʒˈɡah], /e.d͡ʒiˈɡaʁ/ [e.d͡ʒiˈɡah], /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡaʁ/ [ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡah], /ˈɛ.d͡ʒi.ɡaʁ/ [ˈɛ.d͡ʒi.ɡah]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ed͡ʒˈɡaʁ/ [ed͡ʒˈɡah], /e.d͡ʒiˈɡaʁ/ [e.d͡ʒiˈɡah], /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡaʁ/ [ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡah], /ˈɛ.d͡ʒi.ɡaʁ/ [ˈɛ.d͡ʒi.ɡah]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ed͡ʒˈɡaɾ/, /e.d͡ʒiˈɡaɾ/, /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡaɾ/, /ˈɛ.d͡ʒi.ɡaɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ed͡ʒˈɡaʁ/ [ed͡ʒˈɡaχ], /e.d͡ʒiˈɡaʁ/ [e.d͡ʒiˈɡaχ], /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡaʁ/ [ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡaχ], /ˈɛ.d͡ʒi.ɡaʁ/ [ˈɛ.d͡ʒi.ɡaχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ed͡ʒˈɡaɻ/, /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ɡaɻ/
* Hyphenation: Ed‧gar

### Proper noun

Edgar m
* a male given name from English, equivalent to English Edgar