Josep

See also: Josèp

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵף (yôsēp̄, literally “(God) shall add”); a son of Jacob.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʒuˈzɛp]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒuˈzɛp]
• Hyphenation: Jo‧sep

Proper noun

Josep m

1. Joseph (Biblical figure)
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Joseph or Spanish José

Derived terms

• josepet

Related terms

• (pet forms) Jep, Pep, Bep
• (feminine names) Josepa, Josefina

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Josefo, Joseph, Josepho, Josephus

Etymology

Inherited from Latin Iōsēphus.

Proper noun

Josep m

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph

Descendants

• Galician: Xosé
• Portuguese: José

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “Josep”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “Josep”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN