King Arthur

English

Etymology

From Middle English kyng Arthure.

Proper noun

King Arthur

1. A legendary king of Britain, said to have led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the early 6th century.

Derived terms

• Arthurian
• Arthuriana

Translations

legendary king of Britain

• Arabic: اَلمَلِك آرثر m
• Aragonese: Rei Artús m
• Armenian: Արթուր արքա (Artʻur arkʻa), Արթուր (Artʻur)
• Basque: Artur erregea
• Belarusian: Карол Артур m (Karól Artur)
• Bengali: রাজা আর্থার (raja arthar)
• Breton: roue Arzhur m
• Bulgarian: Артур m (Artur), Крал Артур m (Kral Artur)
• Catalan: Rei Artús m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞瑟王 / 亚瑟王 (zh) (Yāsè wáng, Yàsè wáng)

• Cornish: Arthur Gernow
• Czech: Král Artuš m
• Danish: Kong Arthur c
• Dutch: Koning Arthur m
• Esperanto: reĝo Arturo
• Estonian: kuningas Arthur
• Finnish: kuningas Arthur
• French: roi Arthur m

  Old French: roi Artur m, roy Artur m

• Galician: Rei Artur m
• Georgian: ართური (arturi)
• German: Artus m, König Artus m
• Greek: βασιλιάς Αρθούρος m (vasiliás Arthoúros)
• Gujarati: રાજા આર્થર m (rājā ārthar)
• Hebrew: המלך ארתור m
• Hindi: किंग आर्थर m (kiṅg ārthar)
• Hungarian: Artúr király
• Ido: rejulo Arthur
• Indonesian: Raja Arthur
• Irish: Rí Artúr m
• Italian: Re Artù m
• Japanese: アーサー王 (Āsā-ō)
• Kannada: ಕಿಂಗ್ ಆರ್ಥರ್ (kiṅg ārthar)
• Korean: 아서 왕(王) (aseo wang)
• Latin: Arthurus m, Arthurus rex m
• Latvian: Karalis Arturs m
• Lithuanian: Karalius Artūras m
• Macedonian: Крал Артур m (Kral Artur)
• Malay: Raja Arthur
• Malayalam: കിങ്ങ് ആർതർ (kiṅṅ āṟtaṟ)
• Manx: Ree Adha
• Norman: Rouai Èrthu
• Norwegian: Kong Arthur m
• Occitan: Rei Artús m
• Ossetian: Къарол Артур (K’arol Artur)
• Persian: شاه آرتور
• Picard: Roé Artur
• Polish: Król Artur m
• Portuguese: rei Arthur m, rei Artur m
• Romanian: regele Arthur m
• Russian: Коро́ль Арту́р m (Korólʹ Artúr)
• Scots: Keeng Arthur
• Scottish Gaelic: Rìgh Artair
• Serbo-Croatian: Kralj Arthur m
• Slovak: Kráľ Artuš m
• Spanish: Rey Arturo m
• Swedish: Kung Artur c
• Tagalog: Haring Arturo
• Tajik: Шоҳ Артур (Šoh Artur)
• Tamil: ஆர்தர் அரசர் (ārtar aracar)
• Telugu: కింగ్ ఆర్థర్ (kiṅg ārthar)
• Thai: กษัตริย์อาเธอร์
• Turkish: Kral Arthur (tr)
• Ukrainian: Король Артур m (Korolʹ Artur)
• Urdu: بادشاہ آرتھر m
• Vietnamese: Vua Arthur
• Welsh: y Brenin Arthur m
• West Frisian: Kening Arthur

See also

• Avalon
• Camelot
• Excalibur
• Guinevere
• Holy Grail
• Knights of the Round Table
• Merlin
• Mordred
• Morgan le Fay

Further reading

• “King Arthur”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Arthur”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Arthur”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Arthur”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Arthur” (US) / “Arthur” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.