mervyn

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von mervyn im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A male given name

Relevante Übersetzungen

Mervyn Peake

a British writer and illustrator (=someone who draws pictures for books) , whose novels Titus Groan, Gormenghast, and Titus Alone describe the strange imaginary world of Gormenghast castle (1911-68)

Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan

born June 10, 1911, London, Eng. died Nov. 30, 1977, Hamilton, Bermuda British playwright. After writing two comedies, he won acclaim for the drama The Winslow Boy (1946; film, 1948). His best-known work, Separate Tables (1955; film, 1958), explores the isolation created by rigidly imposed social conventions. His other plays include The Browning Version (1948), Ross (1960), and A Bequest to the Nation (1970). He wrote screenplays for the film adaptations of his plays and for The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1965) and Goodbye Mr. Chips (1969)

Silbentrennung

Mer·vyn

Türkische aussprache

mırvîn

Aussprache

/ˈmərvən/ /ˈmɜrvɪn/

Etymologie

() Welsh Merfyn, probably from mer (“marrow”) + myn (“eminent”).Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.