Rothschild
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹɒθs.t͡ʃaɪld/
- IPA(key): /ˈɹəʊ̯t.ʃɪld/ (rare, after the German pronunciation)
Etymology 1
Borrowed from German Rothschild (literally “red shield”) with a spelling pronunciation (as though equivalent to English Roth's child).
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Rothschild (plural Rothschilds or (nonstandard) Rothschildren)
- A surname from German.
- 2020 October 2, Maureen O'Hare, “‘Price of blood’: Financial London’s grim history revealed in new tour”, in CNN[1]:
- A modern glass edifice nearby houses the headquarters of the illustrious Rothschild banking family. It was the Rothschilds who in the 1830s arranged that recently paid-off £20 million loan to the British government to reimburse slaveowners after the trade ended – said to be equivalent to some £300 billion in today’s money.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From the Rothschild family.
Noun
Rothschild (plural Rothschilds or (nonstandard) Rothschildren)
- A very rich person.
Afrikaans
Etymology
Borrowed from German Rothschild.
Proper noun
Rothschild
- a surname from German
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from German Rothschild.
Proper noun
Rothschild m or f by sense
- a surname from German
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Rothschild.
Proper noun
Rothschild c
- a surname from German
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from German Rothschild.
Proper noun
Rothschild ?
- a surname from German
French
Etymology
Borrowed from German Rothschild.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɔt.ʃild/
Proper noun
Rothschild m or f by sense
- a surname from German
German
Etymology
Compound of roth (“red”) + Schild (“shield, sign”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʁoːtʃɪlt/
Proper noun
Rothschild m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Rothschilds or (with an article) Rothschild, plural Rothschilds or Rothschild)
- a surname
Descendants
- English: Rothschild
Noun
Rothschild m (strong, genitive Rothschilds, plural Rothschilds)
- a very rich person, especially one active in the financial world; may or may not have an anti-Jewish undertone
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from German Rothschild.
Proper noun
Rothschild m or f by sense
- a surname from German
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Rothschild.
Proper noun
Rothschild m or f by sense
- a surname from German
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Rothschild.
Proper noun
Rothschild c (genitive Rothschilds)
- a surname from German