Carmen Meaning
/ˈkɑː(ɹ)mən/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounplural of carman
nameA female given name from Spanish
Sentence Examples
Carmen is a Spanish name.
Carmen is a Mexican citizen.
Carmen comes from a country in South America.
CEFR Practice Quiz
At the opera house last night, the lead singer performed the role of ____ perfectly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
____ is a very famous opera written by the French composer Bizet.
Word Origin & History
From Spanish Carmen, cognate with English Carmel. Made famous outside Spain by the opera Carmen (1875) by Georges Bizet.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
""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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
At the opera house last night, the lead singer performed the role of ____ perfectly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
____ is a very famous opera written by the French composer Bizet.