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Definition: Beatrice

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. The woman who guided Dante through Paradise in the Divine Comedy.[Wordnet].

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Date "Beatrice" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Specialty Definition: Beatrice

Domain Definition
Biographical Satire BEATRICE, a Florentine girl who gained fame by refusing the suit of a love-sick poet. Later she conducted him through heaven, and made arrangements for his travels in the other place. B. died a famous old maid. Ambition: A lover with money. Epitaph: She Might Have Been Mrs. Dante Had She Wanted To. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914.
Industry Fabric with twill diagonal weave for alpaca linings. Source: European Union. (references)
Literature Beatrice beloved from girlhood by Dante, a native of Florence, was of the Portinari family. She died under twenty-four years of age (1266-1290). Beatrice married Simone de' Bardi, and Dante married Gemma Donati. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Wikipedic Beatrice (pronounced in Italian bay'-a-tree-chay, in English bee'-a-tris) is a name derived from the Latin name Beatrix. This occurred in medieval italy. Beatrice means blessed one. (references)

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Common Expressions: Beatrice

Expressions Definition
Beatrice Cenci Beatrice Cenci (1577- August 22,1599) was an Italian noblewoman, the daughter of the violent patriarch Francesco Cenci. (references)
Beatrice Chase Beatrice Chase is the pen name for a British writer, who became well known for her Dartmoor-based novels during the first half of the 20th century. Her real name was Olive Katharine Parr, and she was directly descended from William Parr, the brother of Catherine, the sixth wife of Henry VIII. (references)
Beatrice d'Este Beatrice d'Este (1475-1497), duchess of Milan, one of the most beautiful and accomplished princesses of the Italian Renaissance, was the daughter of Ercole I. d'Este and younger sister of Isabella d'Este. (references)
Beatrice Faumuina Beatrice Faumuina is a New Zealand discus thrower, a gold medallist at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics. (references)
Beatrice Foods The Beatrice Foods Company was a major American food processing company and household name, until it was taken over by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. in 1986 during the leveraged buyout fad of the 1980s. Its brands and assets were sold off, the bulk becoming part of ConAgra Foods, Inc. in 1990. (references)
Beatrice Hammer Beatrice Hammer is a french writer. She was born in Paris in 1963. Her work has not been translated yet into english. (references)
Beatrice Hicks In 1941, Beatrice became the first woman employee of Western Electric. After her father's death in 1946 she joined his company Newark Controls Company as vice president and chief engineer. In 1955 she became president of the company. (references)
Beatrice Kay Beatrice Kay (1907 - 1986), whose husky-voiced rendition of turn-of-the-century ballads made her famous as the Gay '90s Girl in radio and later in Las Vegas, died Saturday, November 8, 1986 at a nursing home in North Hollywood. (references)
Beatrice Kyle Beatrice Kyle was known as Bee Kyle and was a world famous high diver. She would jump into an eight foot deep tank of water from a height of one hundred feet or more. (references)
Beatrice Lanza Beatrice Lanza (born March 21, 1982) is an athlete from Italy. She competes in triathlon. (references)
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Specialty Expressions: Beatrice

Expressions Domain Definition
Dante and Beatrice Literature - i.e. Beatrice Portinari, who was only eight years old when the poet first saw her. His abiding love for her was chaste as snow and pure as it was tender. Beatrice married a nobleman named Simone de Bardi, and died young, in 1290. Dante married Gemma, of the powerful house of Donati. In the Divina Commedia the poet is conducted first by Virgil (who represents human reason) through hell and purgatory; then by the spirit of Beatrice (who represents the wisdom of faith); and finally by St. Bernard (who represents the wisdom from on high). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Beatrice

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry Source Expression Field
BEATRICE English Building and Environmental Aerodynamics:Training,Research and Interchange of Expertise N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Extended Definition: Beatrice

Beatrice Baudelaire

Beatrice Baudelaire is the child of Kit Snicket in A Series of Unfortunate Events

Beatrice Baudelaire may also refer to:

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Extended Definition: Beatrice

Beatrice

Beatrice
Given Name


Dante Gabriel Rossetti's depiction of Dante's Beatrice in Beata Beatrix

Gender female
Meaning "bringer of joy"
Origin Latin
Wikipedia articles All pages beginning with Beatrice

Beatrice (pronounced bee'-a-tris or in Italian bay'-a-tree-chay) is a name derived from the Latin name Beatrix. This occurred in medieval Italy. Beatrice means she who blesses or bringer of joy. The French form is Béatrice. The popularity of the name spread due to Dante Alighieri's poetry about Beatrice Portinari.

The name is rising in popularity in the United Kingdom. It ranked as the 899th most popular name for baby girls born in the United States in 2007.

Name variants

Alternate versions of the name include

  • Bea (English)
  • Beah (English)
  • Beat (English)
  • Beata (English)
  • Beate (Norwegian)
  • Beatha (Irish)
  • Beatie (English)
  • Béatrice (French)
  • Beatrice (Italian)
  • Beatris (English)
  • Beatrise (Latvian)
  • Beatriss (English)
  • Beatrisa (German)
  • Beatriu (Catalan)
  • Beatrix (Dutch, English, German)
  • Beatriz (Portuguese, Spanish)
  • Beatrycze (Polish)
  • Bee (English)
  • Beitris (Scottish)
  • Betrys (Welsh)
  • Bice (Italian)
  • Trix (English)
  • Trixi (English)
  • Trixie (English)
  • Trixy (English)

People with the given name Beatrice

Film, television and the stage

  • Beatrice Alda, American actress
  • Beatrice Arthur, American actress who starred in The Golden Girls
  • Beatrice Boepple, American actress best known as Amanda Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
  • Beatrice Politi, Canadian television journalist
  • Beatrice Roberts, American singer/stage performer
  • Beatrice Winde, American actress

Sport

  • Beatrice Căslaru, Romanian swimmer
  • Beatrice Faumuina, New Zealand Olympic Champion Discus thrower
  • Beatrice Jepchumba, a Kenyan runner
  • Beatrice Lanza, Italian triathlete
  • Beatrice Mouthon, French triathlete
  • Beatrice Utondu, Nigerian sprinter

Politics and visible public positions

  • Beatrice of Nazareth, Flemish nun and mystic writer
  • Beatrice Plummer, Baroness Plummer, a British Peeress and Justice of the Peace for Essex
  • Beatrice Wright, American-born British politician
  • Princess Beatrice , several princesses have been named Beatrice
  • Saint Beatrice, name of several Christian saints

Miscellaneous

  • Beatrice Cenci, Italian woman in the 16th century who died by decapitation
  • Beatrice Hastings, (pen-name) lover of Modigliani
  • Beatrice M. Hinkle, American feminist psychoanalyst
  • Beatrice Portinari, Dante Alighieri's great love and muse
  • Beatrice Serota, Baroness Serota, British Government minister and a Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
  • Beatrice Tinsley, New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist
  • Beatrice Trew, Canadian socialist
  • Beatrice Warde, American communicator on typography
  • Beatrice Webb, English writer
  • Beatrice (singer), singer in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Fictional people

  • Beatrice Portinari, the guide through Paradise in Dante's Divina Commedia
  • Beatrice, a character in William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing
  • Beatrice Baudelaire, a fictional character from A Series of Unfortunate Events and the daughter of Kit Snicket
  • Beatrice Baudelaire, the Baudelaire children's mother in A Series of Unfortunate Events
  • Beatrice Carbone, one of the cast of characters in A View from the Bridge, a play by Arthur Miller
  • Beatrice is the antagonist of the 4 chapter arc in the Sony Playstation Role Playing Game Wild Arms 3
  • Beatrice is a fictional character in the visual novel Umineko no Naku Koro ni, also known as the 'Golden Witch'
  • Beatrice Rappaccini, daughter of Giacomo Rappaccini in Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "Rappaccini's Daughter"
  • Beatrice, a character in the manga Gunslinger Girl

See also

  • Princess Beatrice, name of several princesses
  • Saint Beatrice, name of several Christian saints
  • Beatrijs, a 13th century Dutch poem about a nun with this name
  • All pages beginning with Beatrice

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Beatrice". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: Beatrice

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom 136     Beatrice 65
Beatrice LeSeur 112     Beatrice "Beezus" Quimby 3
Princess Beatrice of York 82     Beatrice (alternative meanings) 3
Beatrice 65     Beatrice (band) 7
Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Meiningen 60     Beatrice (psychedelic) 17
Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy 57     Beatrice Alda 2
Beatrice Arthur 28     Beatrice Armstrong 4
Bertrand and Beatrice Baudelaire 27     Beatrice Arthur 28
Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 23     Beatrice Ask 10
Beatrice Ensor 22     Beatrice Baudelaire 18
Beatrice of Portugal 19     Beatrice Baudelaire (alternative meanings) 2
Beatrice Foods 18     Beatrice Bellman 13
Beatrice Straight 18     Beatrice Bleonţ 3
Beatrice Baudelaire 18     Beatrice Blues 9
Beatrice (psychedelic) 17     Beatrice Boepple 4
Beatrice Prentice 17     Beatrice Bofia 5
Beatrice Wood: Mama of Dada 16     Beatrice Căslaru 7
Beatrice Wood 15     Beatrice Campbell 4
Beatrice Hsu 15     Beatrice Carmichael 4
Beatrice Peak 15     Beatrice Cenci 10
Beatrice Portinari 14     Beatrice Chancy 3
Beatrice Lillie 13     Beatrice Chase 3
Beatrice Bellman 13     Beatrice d'Este 6
Beatrice of Castile 12     Beatrice di Tenda 12
Beatrice di Tenda 12     Beatrice Ensor 22
The Beatrice Letters 12     Beatrice Faumuina 5
Beatrice Harrison 12     Beatrice Faust 5
Beatrice Sandström 12     Beatrice Foods 18
Beatrice Webb 12     Beatrice Foods Canada Ltd. 6
Beatrice Tinsley 11     Beatrice Gormley 2
Beatrice Warde 11     Beatrice Hammer 4
Line of succession to the British Throne/Descendants of Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom 10     Beatrice Harraden 5
Evelyn Beatrice Longman 10     Beatrice Harrison 12
Josephine Beatrice Bowman 10     Beatrice Hastings 7
Beatrice Ask 10     Beatrice Herford 4
Beatrice Cenci 10     Beatrice Hicks 5
Beatrice Sparks 9     Beatrice Hill-Lowe 5
Beatrice Blues 9     Beatrice Hsu 15
Beatrice Serota, Baroness Serota 8     Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy 6
Beatrice Kay 8     Beatrice Ice Gardens 3
Beatrice of Nazareth 7     Beatrice II, Countess of Burgundy 3
Beatrice (band) 7     Beatrice Jepchumba 4
Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art 7     Beatrice Kay 8
Omaha, Lincoln and Beatrice Railway 7     Beatrice Kyle 4
Beatrice Seear, Baroness Seear 7     Beatrice Lanza 2
Beatrice Căslaru 7     Beatrice LeSeur 112
Ken Beatrice 7     Beatrice Lillie 13
Beatrice Van 7     Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize 4
Maria Beatrice of Savoy 7     Beatrice Model agency 3
Beatrice Hastings 7     Beatrice neumann 4
Beatrice of Bar 7     Beatrice of Béziers 2
Beatrice d'Este 6     Beatrice of Bar 7
Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy 6     Beatrice of Castile 12
Beatrice Foods Canada Ltd. 6     Beatrice of Castile (1242-1303) 5
Beatrice of Savoy 5     Beatrice of Castile (1293-1359) 5
Beatrice Shilling 5     Beatrice of England 5
Empress Beatrice of Hohenstaufen 5     Beatrice of Nazareth 7
Beatrice Bofia 5     Beatrice of Portugal 19
Beatrice Faust 5     Beatrice of Portugal (alternative meanings) 3
Beatrice of Castile (1242-1303) 5     Beatrice of Provence 5
Beatrice of England 5     Beatrice of Savoy 5
Chris Beatrice 5     Beatrice of Savoy (died 1292) 3
Beatrice of Castile (1293-1359) 5     Beatrice Peak 15
Beatrice of Provence 5     Beatrice Plummer, Baroness Plummer 3
Beatrice Harraden 5     Beatrice Politi 5
Beatrice Wright 5     Beatrice Portinari 14
Beatrice Faumuina 5     Beatrice Prentice 17
Beatrice Hicks 5     Beatrice Roberts 5
Beatrice Were 5     Beatrice Rosen 3
Beatrice Roberts 5     Beatrice Sandström 12
Beatrice Politi 5     Beatrice Schenk de Regniers 3
Evelyn Beatrice Hall 5     Beatrice Seear, Baroness Seear 7
Maria Beatrice Ricciarda d'Este 5     Beatrice Serota, Baroness Serota 8
Beatrice Hill-Lowe 5     Beatrice Shilling 5
Beatrice Kyle 4     Beatrice Sparks 9
Beatrice Herford 4     Beatrice Straight 18
Beatrice Campbell 4     Beatrice Tinsley 11
Bombil and Beatrice 4     Beatrice Trew 4
Beatrice neumann 4     Beatrice Utondu 4
Beatrice Armstrong 4     Beatrice Van 7
Beatrice Jepchumba 4     Beatrice Warde 11
Beatrice Trew 4     Beatrice Webb 12
Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize 4     Beatrice Were 5
Beatrice Boepple 4     Beatrice Winde 3
Beatrice Carmichael 4     Beatrice Wood 15
Beatrice Hammer 4     Beatrice Wood: Mama of Dada 16
Beatrice Utondu 4     Beatrice Wright 5
Beatrice Schenk de Regniers 3     Bertrand and Beatrice Baudelaire 27
Beatrice Winde 3     Bombil and Beatrice 4
Beatrice Bleonţ 3     Chris Beatrice 5
Beatrice Rosen 3     E. Beatrice Riley 3
Beatrice Chase 3     Empress Beatrice of Hohenstaufen 5
Beatrice (alternative meanings) 3     Evelyn Beatrice Hall 5
Beatrice Plummer, Baroness Plummer 3     Evelyn Beatrice Longman 10
Beatrice "Beezus" Quimby 3     Josephine Beatrice Bowman 10
E. Beatrice Riley 3     Ken Beatrice 7
Beatrice II, Countess of Burgundy 3     Line of succession to the British Throne/Descendants of Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom 10
Violante Beatrice Siries 3     Maria Beatrice of Savoy 7
Beatrice of Portugal (alternative meanings) 3     Maria Beatrice Ricciarda d'Este 5
Beatrice of Savoy (died 1292) 3     Omaha, Lincoln and Beatrice Railway 7
Beatrice Model agency 3     Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art 7
Beatrice Ice Gardens 3     Princess Beatrice (alternative meanings) 2
Beatrice Chancy 3     Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 23
Beatrice Alda 2     Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Meiningen 60
Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (alternative meanings) 2     Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom 136
Princess Beatrice (alternative meanings) 2     Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (alternative meanings) 2
Beatrice Baudelaire (alternative meanings) 2     Princess Beatrice of York 82
Beatrice Lanza 2     Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy 57
Beatrice of Béziers 2     Saint Beatrice 2
Beatrice Gormley 2     Sidney and Beatrice Webb 2
Sidney and Beatrice Webb 2     The Beatrice Letters 12
Saint Beatrice 2     Violante Beatrice Siries 3

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Translations: Beatrice

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Bohemian Blažena (Beatrice). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, Beatrice. (volunteer & more translations)
Brazilian Portuguese beatrice (Beatrice). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, Beatrice. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina Blažena (Beatrice). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, Beatrice. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 碧儿翠丝 (Beatrice), 比阿特丽斯 (Beatrice). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, Beatrice. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 碧翠斯 (Beatrice). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, Beatrice. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech Blažena (Beatrice). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, Beatrice. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch Beatrice (beatrice). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, Beatrice. (volunteer & more translations)
German Beatrice (beatrice). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, Beatrice. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 베아트리체 (Beatrice, bearice). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, Beatrice. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 베아트리체 (Beatrice, bearice). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, Beatrice. (volunteer & more translations)
High German Beatrice (beatrice). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, Beatrice. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch Beatrice (beatrice). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, Beatrice. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian Beatrice (beatrice, beatrix). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, Beatrice. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese ビアトリス (Beatrice), ベアトリス (Beatrice), ベアトリス・メアリ・ヴィクトリア・ユージェニー・バッテンベルク (Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom), ビアトリス・ティンスリー (Beatrice Tinsley). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Beatrice. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 베아트리체 (Beatrice, bearice). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, Beatrice. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese Beatriz (Beatrice), beatrice (Beatrice). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, Beatrice. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian Беатриса (Beatrice, Beatrix), беатрис (Beatrice). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, Beatrice. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration) beatrisa (Beatrice, Beatrix), beatris (Beatrice). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, Beatrice. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki Беатриса (Beatrice, Beatrix), беатрис (Beatrice). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, Beatrice. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration) beatrisa (Beatrice, Beatrix), beatris (Beatrice). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, Beatrice. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: Beatrice

Language Translations for “Beatrice” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag Bathageathagatrathagice (Beatrice). Additional references: Athag, Beatrice. (volunteer)
Double Dutch Bageagatragice (Beatrice). Additional references: Double Dutch, Beatrice. (volunteer)
Leet |>&@+|z1[& (Beatrice). Additional references: Leet, Beatrice. (volunteer)
Oppish Bopeopatropice (Beatrice). Additional references: Oppish, Beatrice. (volunteer)
Pig Latin Eatricebay (Beatrice). Additional references: Pig Latin, Beatrice. (volunteer)
Terran B beatrice (Beatrice). Additional references: Terran B, Beatrice. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi Bubeubatrubice (Beatrice). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, Beatrice. (volunteer)
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