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

Rothchild

Proper noun

Rothschild (plural Rothschilds or (nonstandard) Rothschildren)

A surname from German.

Derived terms

soufflé Rothschild

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): /ʁot.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