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Oscar

See also: oscar, OSCAR, Óscar, and Òscar

Translingual

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Oscar [1]
 
Oscar [2]
 
Oscar [3]

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Oscar.

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Oscar

  1. (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the letter O.
  2. (nautical) Signal flag for the letter O.
  3. (time zone) UTC−02:00


ICAO/NATO radiotelephonic clear codes
code Alfa Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliett Kilo Lima Mike
November Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Whiskey Xray Yankee Zulu
zero one two three (tree) four (fower) five (fife) six seven eight nine (niner) hundred thousand decimal

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  1. ^ DIN 5009:2022-06, Deutsches Institut für Normung, 2022 June, page Anhang B: Buchstabiertafel der ICAO („Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet“)

English

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Etymology 1

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Exact origin uncertain. Resuscitated by James Mcpherson in The Works of Ossian (1765). Napoleon, an admirer of the Ossianic poems, chose it for his godson Oscar Bernadotte, who became a king of Sweden.

The modern given name is a conflation of two unrelated names: first, Middle Irish Oscar (the name of Fionn Mac Cumhaill's grandson in Irish mythology), from Middle Irish os (“deer”) cara (“friend”); and second, Old English Ōscār, Ōsgār (personal name, literally “spear of the gods/spear of God”), from Old English ōs (“god”) and gār (“spear”) (see Oswald). Compare German Ansgar (personal name), Danish Asker, Asger (personal name), Norwegian Asgeir (personal name), Icelandic Ásgeir (personal name).

(Academy Award): Disputed. Said to have been named by actress Bette Davis after her first husband, Harmon Oscar Nelson, or by secretary Margaret Herrick after her cousin Oscar Pierce.

Proper noun

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Oscar

  1. A male given name from Irish or Old English.
    • 1765, James Macpherson, The Poems of Ossian, Tauchnitz, published 1847, page 192:
      My son, though alone, is brave. Oscar is like a beam of the sky: he turns around, and the people fall.
    • 2005 Marc Cerasini, etc, Operation Hell Gate, HarperEntertainment, →ISBN, page 134:
      Had a funny first name, like Oscar or maybe - no! I remember now. It was Felix. Felix Tanner.
  2. A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], a rare anglicization of Mac Oscair (“son of Oscar”) (McCusker).
  3. A locale in the United States.
    1. An unincorporated community in Kentucky; named for Kentucky Representative Oscar Turner.
    2. An unincorporated community in Louisiana.
    3. An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for early settler Oscar Bradford.
    4. An unincorporated community in Oklahoma; named for local rancher Oscar W. Seay.
    5. An unincorporated community in Pennsylvania.
    6. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
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Noun

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Oscar (plural Oscars)

  2. (informal) An Academy Award.
  3. A statuette awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Descendants
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  • French: oscariser

Etymology 2

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Shortened form of Oscar Asche.

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Oscar (uncountable)

  1. (rhyming slang, Australia, New Zealand) cash; money.

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Danish

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Oscar

  1. a male given name, variant of Oskar

German

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Oscar

  1. a male given name, variant of Oskar

Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Oscar m

  1. a male given name from Irish

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  1. ^ Oscar in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Norwegian

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Oscar

  1. a male given name, variant of Oskar

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Oscar m (Brazil)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Oscar

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Oscar m (plural Oscares) (Brazil)

  1. Alternative form of óscar (Academy Award)
    • 2009, Robson Campos De Abreu, Teatro para Mágicos, Clube de Autores, page 60:
      A música é tão importante que existe até categoria de premiação no Oscar, pois a mesma ajuda a criar todo o clima que vemos nos filmes[,] seja este um filme divertido e infantil, ou seja,[sic] aquele terror super hiper mega blaster assustador.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Swedish

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Etymology

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From English Oscar, from Middle Irish Oscar. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1803.

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Oscar c (genitive Oscars)

  1. a male given name

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  • Borne by two kings, the name became very popular in 19th century Sweden. It returned to favor in the end of the 20th century, as the most common first name of boys born in Sweden in the 2000s decade.
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References

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  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 30 402 males with the given name Oscar (compared to 43 180 named Oskar) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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