Lisa
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Diminutive of Elisabeth in several European languages. The computer is named after Lisa Brennan-Jobs, officially explained as an acronym for “Locally Integrated Software Architecture”.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: lēʹsə, lēʹzə, līʹzə, IPA(key): /ˈliːsə/, /ˈliːzə/, /ˈlaɪzə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) enPR: lēʹsə, lēʹzə, līʹzə, IPA(key): /ˈlisə/, /ˈlizə/, /ˈlaɪzə/
- Rhymes: -iːsə, -iːzə, -aɪzə
- Homophones: LISA, Liza, liza
Proper noun
[edit]Lisa (plural Lisas)
- A female given name from Hebrew.
- You were born in the '70s? Were you named after Lisa on As the World Turns?
- 1868, William Meynell Whittmore, editor, Sunshine, page 138:
- Elizabeth coloured.
"Oh, I don't want the doll called after me, if that is what you mean," she said, rather disdainfully.
"Nonsense, Lisa!" laughed her father, "you ought to consider yourself highly honoured to have such a handsome lady as this for your namesake."
- 1997, Penelope Lively, Moon Tiger, Grove Press, →ISBN:
- Lisa is a better name. Claudia bangs, like the gong in the hall at Sotleigh. Bang - whoom! Lisa makes a nice silky noise, like streams or rain.
- 2007, Elinor Lipman, My Latest Grievance, →ISBN, page 16:
- Did I want to be burdened with a common name? Be the third Lisa and fourth Susan in my classroom? Darleen or Doreen or Maureen?
I did.
Usage notes
[edit]- Taken to general use as a full English given name in early 20th century. Very popular in the U.S. in the 1960s, and in the U.K. a decade later.
Translations
[edit]Noun
[edit]Lisa (plural Lisas)
- (computing, historical) Ellipsis of Apple Lisa.
- (slang) An idealised girlfriend.
Further reading
[edit]- Eric Partridge (2005) “Lisa”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 2 (J–Z), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1216.
Anagrams
[edit]Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Clipping of Felisa. Also from English Liza, Lisa, diminutives of Elizabeth.
Proper noun
[edit]Lisa
- a female given name from English
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, see Citations:Lisa.
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
[edit]Lisa
- a female given name derived from Elisabeth
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Shortening of Elisabeth.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Lisa f
- a female given name
Related terms
[edit]Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
[edit]Lisa
- a female given name
Usage notes
[edit]Matronymics
- son of Lisa: Lisuson
- daughter of Lisa: Lisudóttir
Declension
[edit]singular | |
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indefinite | |
nominative | Lisa |
accusative | Lisu |
dative | Lisu |
genitive | Lisu |
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Lisa f
- a female given name, diminutive of Élisabeth
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Lisa
- a female given name from Elisabeth
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Lisa f
- a female given name, diminutive of Elisabetta
Anagrams
[edit]Norman
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
[edit]Lisa f
- a diminutive of the female given name Lisabé
- a female given name
Derived terms
[edit]Norwegian
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
[edit]Lisa
- a female given name derived from Elisabeth
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From lisa, definite form of lisă (“uncultivated field”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Lisa f
- A commune of Brașov, Romania
- A village in Lisa, Brașov, Romania
- A village in Schitu, Olt, Romania
- A commune of Teleorman, Romania
- A village in Lisa, Teleorman, Romania
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Short form of Elisabet. First recorded in Sweden in 1558.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Lisa c (genitive Lisas)
- a female given name
References
[edit]- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 31 611 females with the given name Lisa living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with frequency peaks in the 1910s and the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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