Joe

See also: joe and Joe.

English

Etymology

Diminutive form of Joseph and, less often, of Joel, Josiah and Josias

Pronunciation

• enPR: jō
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dʒəʊ/

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  • (General American) IPA^(key): /dʒoʊ/
• Homophones: Jo, joe
• Rhymes: -əʊ

Proper noun

Joe

1. A diminutive of the male given name Joseph
   • 1981 Orson Scott Card, Second Movement, Nebula Winners: Science Fiction Writers of America, Harper&Row, 1981, →ISBN, page 207

     "With a name like Joe," Joe always said, "I had to open a bar and grill, just so I could put up a sign saying 'Joe's Bar and Grill'."

2. A diminutive of the female given names Joanne or Josephine

Derived terms

• Bobby Joe
• Holy Joe
• Joebama
• Joe Frogger
• joe, half joe
• joe job
• Joe Miller
• Port St. Joe
• Sleepy Joe
• Uncle Joe

 

Related terms

• Jo
• Joey

Translations

pet form of Joseph

• Arabic: جُو‎ m (jū)
• Armenian: Ջո (J̌o)
• Belarusian: Джо m (Džo)
• Bengali: জো (jo)
• Bulgarian: Джо m (Džo)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 祖 (zou²)

  Mandarin: 喬 (zh), 乔 (zh) (Qiáo)

• Czech: Pepík (cs)
• Georgian: ჯო (ǯo)
• Greek: Τζο (el) m (Tzo)
• Hebrew: יוסי‎ (he) m (yósi), ג׳ו‎ m (jo)
• Hindi: जो (hi) m (jo)
• Hungarian: Jóska (hu)
• Italian: Pino m, Peppe m, Beppe m, Peppino m

• Japanese: ジョー (Jō)
• Korean: 조 (ko) (Jo)
• Kyrgyz: Жо (Jo)
• Latvian: Džo m
• Macedonian: Џо m (Džo)
• Persian: جو‎ (fa) (jo)
• Polish: Józio (pl) m
• Portuguese: Zé (pt) m or f
• Russian: Джо (ru) m (Džo) (of the English Joseph), Ёся m (Jósja), Ио́ся m (Iósja), О́ся (ru) m (Ósja)
• Scottish Gaelic: Eòs
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Џо m

• Slovak: Jožo
• Spanish: Che m, Pepe (es) m, Pepito m
• Tajik: Ҷо (Jo)
• Ukrainian: Джо m (Džo)

Noun

Joe (plural Joes)

1. (informal) A male; a guy; a fellow.

   I'm just an ordinary Joe.

Alternative forms

• joe

Derived terms

• average Joe
• Conky Joe
• G.I. Joe
• Hobo Joe
• Joe Average
• Joe Blake
• Joe Bloggs
• Joe Blow
• Joe Citizen
• Joe College
• joe job
• Joe Lunchbucket
• Joe Nobody
• Joe Public, Joe Q. Public
• Joe Schmoe
• Joe's, Eat at Joe's, Joe's Diner
• Joe Sixpack
• Joe Soap
• Joe the Goose
• mumbly Joe
• regular Joe

 

Translations

stereotypical male given name

• Arabic: مُحَمَّد‎ (ar) (muḥammad)
• Finnish: Tauno (fi)
• Japanese: 太郎 (ja) (Tarō)

• Russian: Ива́н (ru) m (Iván), Ва́ня (ru) m (Vánja), Ва́нька (ru) m (Vánʹka)
• Spanish: Juan (es) m

See also

• bare-bellied Joe
• cup of joe
• joe
• joe-pye weed
• sloppy joe

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Etymology

From English Joe.

Proper noun

Joe

1. a male given name from English

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Joe.