Casanova

See also: casanova and Casa Nova

English

Etymology 1

Eponym from Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798), Venetian writer and adventurer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkæsəˈnəʊvə/, /ˌkæzəˈnəʊvə/
• IPA^(key): /ˌkæsəˈnoʊvə/, /ˌkæzəˈnoʊvə/

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• Rhymes: -əʊvə

Noun

Casanova (plural Casanovas)

1. A man considered romantic and gallant, especially one who gives amorous attentions to women.
2. A promiscuous, philandering man.

   Synonyms: philanderer; see also Thesaurus:promiscuous man, Thesaurus:libertine

Translations

man considered romantic and gallant

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紳士／绅士 (zh) (shēnshì), 绅士 (zh) (shēnshì)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Faroese: hjartaknúsari m
• Finnish: hurmuri (fi)
• French: casanova (fr) m
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• German: Herzensbrecher (de) m, Frauenschwarm m
• Malay: kasanova
• Polish: casanova (pl)
• Portuguese: casanova m
• Spanish: casanova m, papi chulo m, galán m
• Swedish: tjejtjusare (sv)

promiscuous, philandering man

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: դոնժուան (hy) (donžuan), կնամոլ (hy) (knamol)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 花花公子 (zh) (huāhuā gōngzǐ)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: casanova (nl) m
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: auervaara (fi)
• French: don Juan (fr) m or m pl or f or f pl
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Casanova (de) m, Frauenheld (de) m, Weiberheld (de) m, Frauenverführer m
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• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: casanova (pl) m
• Portuguese: casanova m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: казано́ва m (kazanóva)
• Spanish: golfo (es) m, puto (es) m, mujeriego (es) m
• Swedish: manshora (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2

From Spanish, Italian or Catalan

Proper noun

Casanova (plural Casanovas)

1. A surname

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Casanova is the 3851^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9201 individuals. Casanova is most common among Hispanic/Latino (73.66%) and White (21.55%) individuals.

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Catalan

Etymology

casa +‎ nova

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kə.zəˈno.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kə.zəˈno.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ka.zaˈno.va]

Proper noun

1. a surname

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Cebuano

Proper noun

Casanova

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Galician

Etymology

From casa (“house”) + nova (“new”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkasaˈnɔβa̝/

Proper noun

Casanova

1. A large number of hamlets and villages throughout Galicia
2. a toponymical surname

Related terms

• casa

References

• “Casanova” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “Casanova” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Casanova”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

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Spanish

Etymology

From either Catalan or Galician, a surname common on both these linguistic areas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kasaˈnoba/ [ka.saˈno.β̞a]

Proper noun

Casanova ?

1. a surname from Catalan

Statistics

• According to official data by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística in 2016, Casanova occurs in Spain as a first surname by 14,774 individuals, and as a second surname by 14,805 individuals. It is prevalent in Valencia, Barcelona, Tarragona, Madrid, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Alicante, Zaragoza, and Castellón.

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish, ultimately from Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kasaˈnova/, [kɐ.sɐˈnoː.vɐ]

Proper noun

Casanova

1. a surname from Catalan

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Casanova is the 1,328^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 7,733 individuals.