Chloe

See also: Chloé and Chloë

English

Alternative forms

• Chloë
• Cloe

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χλόη (khlóē, “young green shoot”), an epithet of goddess Demeter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkloʊi/
• Rhymes: -əʊi

Proper noun

Chloe

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek
   • Template:RQ:Authorized Version:

     For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

   • 1731 Jonathan Swift, Strephon and Chloe:

     Of Chloe all the town has rung; / By ev'ry Size of Poets sung. / So beautiful a Nymph appears / But once in Twenty Thousand Years.

   • 1981 William Boyd, A Good Man in Africa, H.Hamilton, →ISBN, page 24:

     Before he had met this one, Morgan had assumed that people called Chloe were either the neurotic brilliant daughters of Oxbridge dons or else silly screaming debutantes.

Derived terms

• drunk as Chloe

Translations

female given name

• French: Chloé (fr)
• Japanese: クロエ (Kuroe)
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} کلویی (Kloyi)
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• Polish: Chloe (pl) f
• Russian: Хло́я f (Xlója) (cognate)
• Spanish: Cloé f

Anagrams

• HELOC, c-hole, chole, chole-, loche

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English Chloe, from Ancient Greek χλόη (khlóē, “young green shoot”).

Proper noun

Chloe

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Chloe.