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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Proper noun 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 Related terms 2 Danish 2.1 Proper noun 3 French 3.1 Proper noun 3.1.1 Related terms 4 German 4.1 Proper noun 4.1.1 Related terms 5 Norwegian 5.1 Proper noun 6 Swedish 6.1 Proper noun 6.1.1 Related terms

[ English

[ Etymology

Latin Paulus "small", Proto-indoeuropean Paw (small).

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɔəɫ/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɔːl
• Homophones: pall, pawl

[ Proper noun

Singular Paul

Plural -

Paul

1. (Biblical) In the New Testament, Apostle to the Gentiles and author of fourteen epistles.
2. A male given name.

[ Quotations

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version)^[1]: Acts 9:4:

  Then Saul, ( who is also called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him

[ Translations

the Apostle

Arabic: بولس (báulus) Danish: Paulus da(da) Finnish: Paavali fi(fi) French: Paul fr(fr)

German: Paulus de(de) Norwegian: Paulus no(no) Swedish: Paulus sv(sv)

male given name

Arabic: بول (baul) Armenian: Պողոս (Boghos) Bosnian: Pavle m. Catalan: Pau Chinese: 保羅, 保罗 (Bǎoluó) Croatian: Pavle m. Czech: Pavel cs(cs) m. Danish: Poul da(da) Faroese: Páll fo(fo) Finnish: Paavo fi(fi) French: Paul fr(fr) Greek: Παύλος el(el) (Pávlos) m. Hungarian: Pál hu(hu) Icelandic: Páll is(is) Irish: Pòl Italian: Paolo it(it) Japanese: ポール (pōru)

Latin: Paulus la(la) Lithuanian: Paulius lt(lt) Maltese: Pawl m., Pawlu m. Norwegian: Pål no(no), Paul no(no) Polish: Paweł pl(pl) Portuguese: Paulo pt(pt) Russian: Павел ru(ru) (Pável) m. Scottish Gaelic: Pòl Serbian: Cyrillic: Павле m. Roman: Pavle m. Slovak: Pavol m. Slovene: Pavel sl(sl) Spanish: Pablo es(es) Swedish: Paul sv(sv) Ukrainian: Павло (Pávlo)

[ Related terms

• feminine forms: Paula, Paulette, Pauline

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[ Danish

[ Proper noun

Paul

1. A male given name, a variant of thee much more popular Poul.

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[ French

[ Proper noun

Paul

1. (Biblical) Paul.
2. A male given name.

[ Related terms

• Jean-Paul
• female given names: Paule, Paulette, Pauline, Marie-Paule

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[ German

[ Proper noun

Paul

1. A male given name, cognate to English Paul.

[ Related terms

• biblical from: Paulus
• female given names: Paula, Paulina, Pauline

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[ Norwegian

[ Proper noun

Paul

1. A male given name. Popular variant: Pål. Feminine form: Paula.

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[ Swedish

[ Proper noun

Paul

1. A male given name, cognate to English Paul.

[ Related terms

• biblical: Paulus
• female given names: Paula, Paulina