José

See also: Jose, JOSE, and jose

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish or Portuguese José.

Proper noun

José

1. A male given name from Spanish, variant of Jose.
   • 2006, Cynthia Ongpin Valdes, At My Grandfather's Knee: A Portrait of Alfonso T. Ongpin‎^[1], →ISBN, page 175:

     As an ardent admirer and devotee of Dr José Rizal, he collected Rizaliana material, going to great lengths to woo the sisters of Rizal in order for them to sell to him precious Rizaliana items.

Derived terms

• San José Cancasque
• San José Guayabal
• San José Villanueva

French

Etymology

An old French vernacular form of Joseph.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒo.ze/

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Proper noun

José m

1. a male given name

Related terms

• Josée
• Marie-José
• Joseph

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Josef, from Latin Iōsephus, from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒoˈzɛ/, /ʒuˈzɛ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒoˈzɛ/, /ʒuˈzɛ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒoˈzɛ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒuˈzɛ/

• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: Jo‧sé

Proper noun

José m (plural Josés)

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph
2. (biblical) Joseph (favourite son of Jacob)
3. (biblical) Joseph (husband of Virgin Mary)

Derived terms

• Zé (pet form)

Related terms

• Giuseppe
• Josefa
• Josefo
• Josepe

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Jose, Josép, Josep, Joséf, Josef, Josépe, Josepe, Josefe, Joséfe, Joséph, Joseph

Etymology

From Old Spanish Josep, Joseph, José, derived from Latin Iōsēphus, from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף (yôsēp̄).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xoˈse/ [xoˈse]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: Jo‧sé

Proper noun

José m

1. a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], feminine equivalent Josefa, equivalent to English Joseph; diminutive forms Che, Coché, Josecito, Joselito, Pepe, Pepito
2. (biblical) Joseph, son of Jacob (Israel)
3. (biblical) Joseph, father of Jesus
4. the letter J in the Spanish spelling alphabet

Quotations

• 1602, Casiodoro de Reina, La Santa Biblia, rev., Génesis 37:3
• : Y amaba Israel á José más que á todos sus hijos, porque le había tenido en su vejez: y le hizo una ropa de diversos colores.
• 1602, Casiodoro de Reina, La Santa Biblia, rev., Mateo 1:18
• : Y el nacimiento de Jesucristo fué así: Que siendo María su madre desposada con José, antes que se juntasen, se halló haber concebido del Espíritu Santo.

Derived terms

• Jesús, María y José
• José Ignacio
• José María
• María José
• San José

Descendants

• → Cebuano: Jose
• → English: Jose
• → Tagalog: Jose
• → Chinese: 何塞 (Hésāi) (transliteration)

Further reading

• “José”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10