Romeo

See also: romeo, Roméo, and Rómeó

Translingual

Etymology

From English Romeo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈroː.mi.o]

Noun

Romeo

1. (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the letter R.

Translations

the letter "R" in a national spelling alphabet

• Czech: Rudolf (cs)
• Estonian: Raivo
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Finnish: Risto (fi)
• Italian: Roma (it)

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English

Etymology

From Italian Romeo, from Ancient Greek Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos, “Roman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹoʊmioʊ/

• Audio (CA):

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Proper noun

Romeo

1. A male given name from the Romance languages.
   1. One of the main characters of Romeo and Juliet made famous by William Shakespeare: the ardent lover of Juliet.

Translations

character in Romeo and Juliet

• Arabic: رُومْيُو m (rūmyū)
• Armenian: Ռոմեո (Ṙomeo)
• Catalan: Romeu (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 羅密歐／罗密欧, 罗密欧 (lo⁴ mat⁶ au¹)

  Mandarin: 羅密歐／罗密欧 (zh), 罗密欧 (zh) (Luōmì'ōu)

• Dutch: Romeo (nl) m
• Finnish: Romeo
• French: Roméo (fr) m
• German: Romeo m
• Greek: Ρωμαίος (el) m (Romaíos)
• Hebrew: רוֹמֵאוֹ (he) m (Roméo)
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• Hindi: रोमियो m (romiyo)
• Italian: Romeo (it) m
• Japanese: ロミオ (Romio), ロメオ (Romeo)
• Korean: 로미오 (Romio)
• Latin: Romaeus m
• Macedonian: Ромео m (Romeo)
• Norwegian: Romeo m
• Occitan: Romèo
• Polish: Romeo (pl) m
• Portuguese: Romeu m
• Russian: Роме́о (ru) m (Romɛ́o)
• Spanish: Romeo (es) m
• Swedish: Romeo (sv) c
• Turkish: Romeo

Noun

Romeo (plural Romeos)

1. (colloquial) A boyfriend.

   Have you met her latest Romeo yet?

2. A man who has a reputation for being a great lover or very romantic.
   • 1974, Black Belt (volume 12, number 4, page 11)

     Indian Romeos […] have yielded to the temptation to pat, feel, pinch and brush against the more irresistible and accessible portions of women who come within discreet cop-a-feel distance.

3. (espionage) A spy specialised in seducing persons of interest, in particular a man targeting women.
4. (derogatory) A womanizer.

Synonyms

• (boyfriend): beau, boyfriend, man friend
• (man who is a great lover): lover boy (informal)

Translations

boyfriend — see boyfriend

man who is a great lover

• Italian: romeo (it) m, casanova m, dongiovanni (it) m
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• Polish: romeo (pl) m, casanova (pl) m, donżuan (pl), żigolak (pl) m

Derived terms

• roadside Romeo
• Romeo and Juliet couple

See also

• Juliet
• ladykiller
• lothario, Lothario
• Montague

Anagrams

• Moore, Mooré, Roome, mooer, roome

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Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos, “Roman”); compare Greek Ρωμαίος (Romaíos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈmɛ.o/
• Rhymes: -ɛo
• Hyphenation: Ro‧mè‧o

Proper noun

Romeo m

1. a male given name

Anagrams

• Omero, omero, omore