Edison

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛdɪsən/

Proper noun

Edison

1. An English patronymic or matronymic (or just pamatronymic) surname derived from Adam and Edith.
2. Thomas Edison (1847–1931), American inventor and businessman.
3. An unincorporated community in Kern County, California, United States.
4. A small city in Calhoun County, Georgia, United States.
5. A village in Furnas County, Nebraska, United States.
6. A township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, renamed after Thomas Edison, who had his main laboratory here, in 1955.
7. A village in Morrow County, Ohio, United States.
8. A census-designated place in Skagit County, Washington, United States.
9. An unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States.
10. A former unincorporated community in Alberta, Canada, near modern Westlock; named after Thomas Edison.

Derived terms

• edisonade
• Edison bulb
• Edison effect
• Edisonian
• Edison screw
• Edison's medicine

 

Translations

Transliterations of the surname

• Arabic: إديسون
• Bulgarian: Е́дисон (Édison), Е́дисън (Édisǎn)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 愛迪生／爱迪生 (zh) (Àidíshēng)

• Japanese: エジソン (Ejison)
• Khmer: អេឌីសុន (ʼeediison)
• Korean: 에디슨 (ediseun)
• Russian: Эдисон (ru) (Edison)
• Thai: เอดิสัน
• Urdu: ایڈیسن

Anagrams

• noised, nosied, does in, side on, Eidson, on side, on-side, inodes, onside, no side, Denios, diones

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Edison.

Proper noun

Edison

1. a male given name from English [in turn transferred from the surname]
2. A surname in English
3. Thomas Edison, American inventor and businessman

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Edison.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔedison/ [ˌʔɛː.d̪ɪˈson̪]
• Rhymes: -edison
• Syllabification: E‧di‧son

Proper noun

Édison (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜇᜒᜐᜓᜈ᜔)

1. a male given name from English [in turn transferred from the surname]
2. A surname in English