Les Pingouins de Madagascar Article: Meanings of the PoM characters´ names

posted by SaturdaySurpris

Kowalski means- the worker in metal, a smith(polish) [KOWAL, KOWALIK, KOWALEWSKI, KOWALAK, KOWALKA, KOWALKOWSKI, KOWALCZYK, KOWALSKY, KOWELSKI, KOWELSKY KOWAL, KOWALEWSKY, KOWALKOWSKI, KOWALKOWSKY]

Skipper means- shipmaster\captain(english)

Rico means- Strong ruler\glory(spanish)

Private means-A common soldier\Belonging to an individual person (american,english?)

Marlene means- bitter(german)

Julian means- youthful, young at heart(greek)

Maurice means- moor, dark skinned (moor=fasten, secure)(french)

Mort means- dead\a stagnant lake(french)
Hans means- Gift from God. God has been gracious(german,dutch)

Max means- greatest(latin american)

Doris means- sea(greek)

Nigel means- ahead\champion(american\gaelic)

Alice means- truth, noble(greek)

Clemson means- merciful, mild (medieval english)

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ImAnEasel Wow... Either you're SUPER knowledgeable, or you put a lot of effort into researching this. Well done, either way.

Zelda4Efas Ummm I thought Mort came from the Latin word Mortuus, as in ... *sob* Dead. or something similar. Something off Wiktionary English Etymology 1 Possibly [i]French mort (“death”)[/i] Noun mort (plural morts) A note sounded on a horn at the [i]death[/i] of a deer. Etymology 2 Unknown Noun mort A great quantity or number. Noun [i]mort f (oblique plural morz, nominative singular mort, nominative plural morz) death[/i] Catalan Etymology 1 [i]From Latin mors, mortis. Noun mort f (uncountable) death mort m (plural morts) dead person[/i] (colloquial) a difficult problem one must face Etymology 2 [b]From Latin mortuus. Adjective mort m (feminine morta, masculine plural morts, feminine plural mortes) dead[/b] Verb mort Past participle of morir. 45.000 persones han mort 45000 people have died Sooo I was right. Mort really DOES mean dead. Thanks Kowalski quote! I am smart! I have good memory! I only looked it up to double check! I am happy!

SaturdaySurpris First, my resource is probably wrong. Thx, I´ll edit that. And no, I´m not that smart, I looked it up since I was bored.