Juno

English

Juno or Hera Barberini, a 2nd-century statue of the goddess at the Vatican

Juno's planetary symbol ⟨⚵⟩

Etymology

From Middle English Juno, from Latin Iūnō of uncertain origin. One hypothesis is derivation from Proto-Indo-European *dyúh₃onh₂- (“she of heavenly authority”), from *dyew- (“sky, heaven”) + *-Hō (“burden, authority”), reflecting her role as goddess of rulers. Another is derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yúh₃onh₂- (“the young goddess”), from *h₂eyu- (“long time, lifetime”) + *-Hō (“burden, authority”), making it cognate with Latin iuvenis (“young”). Both would have produced the unattested early Latin form *Iuvō, declined with the root Iūn- and eventually normalized to Iūnō.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒunoʊ/
• Rhymes: -uːnəʊ

Proper noun

Juno

1. (Roman mythology) The queen of the gods, the equivalent of the Greek goddess Hera.

   Hyponyms: Juno Moneta, Moneta, Juno Sospita, Sospita, Juno Lucina, Lucina

2. (astronomy) 3 Juno, the third asteroid discovered.

   Synonym: ⚵

3. (rare) A female given name.
   • 2007 December 3, Christy Lemire, “Review: "Juno" A Small Comic Charmer”, in CBS News‎^[1]:

     But after a few visits to share details about ultrasounds and such, Juno and Mark find they have similar interests in music and movies - and Juno does have extraordinary tastes for someone her age, from the songs of Iggy and the Stooges to the horror flicks of Dario Argento.

Derived terms

• Juno Beach
• Juno Moneta
• Junonian

Translations

Roman goddess

• Arabic: جُونُو f (jūnū)
• Catalan: Juno (ca) f
• Cherokee: ᏧᏃ (tsuno)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 朱诺 (zh) (Zhūnuò)

• Coptic: ⲓⲩⲛⲟ f (iuno)
• Esperanto: Junono (eo)
• Finnish: Juno (fi)
• French: Junon (fr) f
• Greek: Γιούνο f (Gioúno)
• Hindi: जूनो ? (jūno)
• Italian: Giunone (it) f
• Japanese: ジュノー (ja) (Junō), ユーノー (ja) (Yūnō)
• Korean: 유노 (Yuno)
• Latin: Iūnō (la) f, Jūnō f
• Polish: Junona f
• Russian: Юно́на (ru) f (Junóna)
• Slovak: Juno f
• Swahili: Juno ?
• Swedish: Juno (sv) c
• Turkish: Juno (tr)
• Ukrainian: Юно́на (uk) f (Junóna)

asteroid

• Arabic: جُونُو (jūnū)
• Basque: Juno
• Cherokee: ᏧᏃ (tsuno)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 婚神星 (zh) (Hūnshénxīng)

• Finnish: Juno (fi)
• French: Junon (fr) f
• Greek: Ήρα (el) f (Íra)
• Italian: Giunone (it) f
• Japanese: ジュノー (ja) (Junō)
• Korean: 쥬노 (juno)
• Latin: Iūnō (la) f, Jūnō f
• Russian: Юно́на (ru) f (Junóna)
• Spanish: Juno (es) f
• Swahili: Juno ?
• Turkish: Juno (tr)
• Vietnamese: Juno, sao Hôn thần

Further reading

• Juno (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 3 Juno on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Iūnō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjy.noː/
• Hyphenation: Ju‧no
• Rhymes: -ynoː

Proper noun

Juno f

1. (Roman mythology) Juno

   Synonym: Hera

Estonian

Proper noun

Juno

1. (Roman mythology) Juno

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juˈnoː/, /ˈjuːno/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Juno m (strong, genitive Junos or Juno, plural Junos)

1. alternative form of Juni (“(month of) June”)

Usage notes

This form is used almost exclusively in speech, in order to better distinguish between Juni and Juli.

Declension

Declension of Juno [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Juno	die	Junos
genitive	eines	des	Junos, Juno	der	Junos
dative	einem	dem	Juno	den	Junos
accusative	einen	den	Juno	die	Junos

See also

• Julei

Japanese

Romanization

Juno

1. Rōmaji transcription of ジュノ

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈjuː.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈjuː.no]

Proper noun

Jūnō f sg (genitive Jūnōnis); third declension

1. (Roman mythology) alternative spelling of Iūnō: Juno (goddess or asteroid)

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Jūnō
genitive	Jūnōnis
dative	Jūnōnī
accusative	Jūnōnem
ablative	Jūnōne
vocative	Jūnō

Derived terms

• Jūnō Monēta
• Jūnōnicola

Middle English

Alternative forms

• Iono, Jono, Iune, Iuno, June

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Iūnō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒiu̯nɔː/

Proper noun

Juno

1. (Roman mythology) Juno (the queen of the Roman pantheon)

Descendants

• English: Juno

References

• “Juno, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 15 June 2018.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Iuno.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒũ.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒũ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒu.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒu.nu/

Proper noun

Juno m (plural Junos)

1. (Roman mythology) Juno (goddes of the Roman mythology)

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Latin Iūnō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjunɔ/

Proper noun

Juno f (genitive singular Junóny, declension pattern of žena)

1. (Roman mythology) Juno

Declension

Declension of Juno

	singulare tantum
nominative	Juno
genitive	Junóny
dative	Junóne
accusative	Junónu
locative	Junóne
instrumental	Junónou

Derived terms

• junónsky

Further reading

• “Juno”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Derived from Latin Iūnō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxuno/ [ˈxu.no]
• Rhymes: -uno
• Syllabification: Ju‧no

Proper noun

Juno f

1. (Roman mythology, astronomy) Juno (goddess or asteroid)