carmen

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/ˈkɑː(ɹ)mən/

proper noun

A female given name from Spanish

Similar
Rosales
OriginSpanish Carmen →
CommonScrabble 10
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Meanings

carmen1

noun
  1. pluralplural of carman

Carmen2

proper noun
  1. A female given name from SpanishFirst known use 19th c.

    Not all of them looked "Spanish", but, no doubt, all of them were Spanish, even the blue-eyed, white, sylph-like creature, dressed in pale blue and white, who looked much more like a Murillo Madonna than like Carmen, but who danced like a Carmen, with a lithe, luring body entirely without stays[...]

    1914, Keith Clark, The Spell of Spain, The Page Company, published 1914, page 223
    1 more example

    "But your Mom won," Carmen said, "and named you after a movie star. Moms get away with murder. Mine, you probably think, named me after the girl in the opera." "Tell you the truth," Wayne said, "I never thought about it." "She didn't. She named me after Guy Lombardo's brother, Carmen Lombardo, he sang with the band.

    1988, Elmore Leonard, Killshot, Arbor House, published 1989, →ISBN, page 145
  2. A town in Oklahoma.
  3. An unincorporated community in Idaho.
  4. Synonym of Rosales: a municipality of Pangasinan, Philippines.

    Synonyms: Rosales

Carmen3

proper noun
  1. datedrareA male given name from Italian.

Carmen4

proper noun
  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounSynonym of Rosales: a municipality of Pangasinan, Philippines.

Similar
Rosales

Origin

Carmen · proper noun

  1. SpanishCarmen
  2. EnglishCarmen

From Spanish Carmen, cognate with English Carmel. Made famous outside Spain by the opera Carmen (1875) by Georges Bizet.

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Carmen · proper noun

  1. ItalianCarmine
  2. ItalianCarmine
  3. EnglishCarmen

Borrowed from Italian Carmine.

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Carmen · proper noun

  1. SpanishCarmen
  2. EnglishCarmen

* From Spanish Carmen. * A variant of Carman.

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Translations

Bulgarian Ка́рмен
  • Ка́рмен (Kármen)female given name
Catalan Carme
  • Carmefemale given name
Chinese Mandarin 卡門 /卡门
  • 卡門 /卡门 (Kǎmén)female given name
Esperanto Karmena
  • Karmenafemale given name
French Carmen
  • Carmenfemale given name
Greek Κάρμεν
  • Κάρμεν (Kármen)female given name
Japanese カルメン
  • カルメン (Karumen)female given name
Russian Кармен
  • Кармен (Karmen)female given name

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with carmen

barman
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Anagrams

McNearCamrenmancer
Cite this entry
APA

carmen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carmen

MLA

“carmen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carmen. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carmen,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carmen.

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