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Pauline is a female given name. It was originally the French form of Paulina, a female version of Paulinus, a variant of Paulus meaning the little, hence the younger.. The corresponding form for the name in Italian is Paolina (Paula corresponds to Paola).
Paulina, the name of several Roman women related to Emperor Hadrian; Lollia Paulina (15–49), third wife of Emperor Caligula; Caecilia Paulina (died 236), wife of Emperor Maximinus Thrax, posthumously deified as diva Paulina; Aurelia Paulina, daughter of the Emperor Carus; Aurelia Paulina, a Roman noblewoman from Anatolia
Polina could also be seen as a variant spelling of the name Paulina, a feminine form of the name Paul or Paulus, or Pauline which is a French form of Paulina, a female version of Paulinus, a variant of Paulus meaning the little, hence the younger. The corresponding form for the name in Italian is Paolina (Paula corresponds to Paola).
a close relationship or connection; an affair. The French meaning is broader; liaison also means "bond"' such as in une liaison chimique (a chemical bond) lingerie a type of female underwear. littérateur an intellectual (can be pejorative in French, meaning someone who writes a lot but does not have a particular skill). [35] louche
Paula Brébion (1861–1952), French singer and actress. Paula Byrne (born 1967), English author; Paula Cable-Dunlap, American chemist; Paula Cardoso (born 1979), Portuguese journalist and activist; Paula Cole (born 1968), American singer-songwriter; Paula Creamer (born 1986), American golfer; Paula Nicho Cumez (born 1955), Mayan-Guatemalan artist
The pervasiveness of words of French origin that have been borrowed into English is comparable to that of borrowings from Latin. Estimates vary up, but up to 45% of all English words may have a French origin. [1] [verification needed] [better source needed] This suggests that up to 80,000 words should appear in this list.
Paulette (po-LET) is the French feminine given name diminutive of the French/English/German given name Pauline, a derivative of the Latin Paulina, from the Roman family name Paulus, meaning "small" or "humble". The masculine given name Paul comes from the same cognate. [1] It is uncommon as a surname. People with the name "Paulette" include:
The Gaulish language, and presumably its many dialects and closely allied sister languages, left a few hundred words in French and many more in nearby Romance languages, i.e. Franco-Provençal (Eastern France and Western Switzerland), Occitan (Southern France), Catalan, Romansch, Gallo-Italic (Northern Italy), and many of the regional languages of northern France and Belgium collectively known ...