Romeo
Translingual
Pronunciation
Symbol
Romeo
- The letter R in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
English
Pronunciation
Audio (CA): (file)
Proper noun
Romeo
- One of the main characters of Romeo and Juliet made famous by William Shakespeare: the ardent lover of Juliet.
- The letter R in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
Translations
character in Romeo and Juliet
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letter R in the ICAO spelling alphabet
Noun
Romeo (plural Romeos)
- (colloquial) A boyfriend.
- Have you met her latest Romeo yet?
- A man who is a great lover or romantic.
- 1974, Black Belt (volume 12, number 4, page 11)
- Indian Romeos […] have yielded to the temptation to pat, feel, pinch and brush against the more irresistible and accessible portions of women who come within discreet cop-a-feel distance.
- 1974, Black Belt (volume 12, number 4, page 11)
Synonyms
- (boyfriend): beau, boyfriend, man friend
- (man who is a great lover): lover boy (informal)
Translations
boyfriend — see boyfriend
man who is a great lover
man in love with a woman from a family, party or country opposing his own
man who has married without the consent of his parents-in-law
Derived terms
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Italian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos, “Roman”); compare Greek Ρωμαίος (Romaíos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Romeo m
- a male given name.
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