Ptolémée

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Ptolemaeus, itself from Ancient Greek Πτολεμαῖος (Ptolemaîos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ptɔ.le.me/

Proper noun

Ptolémée m

1. A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Ptolemy

Noun

Ptolémée m (plural Ptolémées)

1. Ptolemy (member of the Ptolemaic dynasty)

   Synonym: Lagide

   L’ancienne cité des Ptolémées n’était plus qu’une ville de foire à moitié abandonnée.

   The former city of the Ptolemies [Alexandria] was now no more than a half-abandoned market town.

Related terms

• ptolémaïque