Guido

See also: guidò and guido

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: gwē'dō
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwidoʊ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwiːdəʊ/

• Audio (Australian):

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• Rhymes: -iːdəʊ

Proper noun

Guido (plural Guidos)

1. A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Guy.

Noun

Guido (plural Guidos)

1. Alternative letter-case form of guido.

Italian

Etymology

From West Germanic names related to Old Dutch Wido and Old High German Wito (compare the parallel borrowing into Old French Gui, whence English Guy), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Widō, likely a short form of names beginning with the element *widu- (“wood, forest”) from Proto-Germanic *widuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwi.do/
• Homophone: guido
• Rhymes: -ido
• Hyphenation: Guì‧do

Proper noun

Guido m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Guy

Descendants

• English: guido, Guido

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡi.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡi.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡi.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡi.du/ [ˈɡi.ðu]

Proper noun

Guido m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Guy

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡido/ [ˈɡi.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ido
• Syllabification: Gui‧do

Proper noun

Guido m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Guy