ridley

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von ridley im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A surname

A male given name, or rarely a female one, transferred from the surname

either of two marine turtles, of the genus Lepidochelys, found in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans

an English surname

a male or female given name derived from the surname

a marine turtle

{i} marine turtle

Relevante Übersetzungen

Ridley Scott

born Nov. 30, 1937, South Shields, Durham, Eng. British film director. He studied art and worked as a set designer and director in British television, then formed his own production company in 1967 to make television commercials. His first feature film was The Duellists (1977). It was followed by the science-fiction thrillers Alien (1979) and Blade Runner (1982), a box-office hit that became a cult classic for its vividly dark images. His later films include Someone to Watch over Me (1987), Thelma & Louise (1991), and Gladiator (2000), which won the Academy Award for best picture

atlantic ridley

gray sea turtle of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America

pacific ridley

olive-colored sea turtle of tropical Pacific and Indian and the southern Atlantic oceans

Silbentrennung

rid·ley

Türkische aussprache

rîdli

Aussprache

/ˈrədlē/ /ˈrɪdliː/

Etymologie

() Place names in England, Old English hrēad (“reeds”) or rydde (“cleared land”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.