Valentino

See also: valentino and Valentinô

English

Etymology

From Italian Valentino, from Latin Valentīnus (“Valentine”), a patronymic from Valēns (Roman cognomen), itself nominalized from vālens (“strong, healthy”) + -īnus (“-ine”). As a noun, named after Italian-American actor Rudolph Valentino (1895–1926). Doublet of Valentine, Valentinus, Valentina, and Valentini.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌvælənˈtiːnoʊ/

Proper noun

Valentino (plural Valentinos or Valentinoes)

1. A surname from Italian

Noun

Valentino (plural Valentinos)

1. (dated) A strikingly handsome man, particularly one similar in appearance to Rudolph Valentino.

   He was a real Valentino.

   • 1934, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, edited by Malcolm Cowley, Tender is the Night […], New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1951, →OCLC, book IV (Escape: 1925–1929), page 230:

     She was working on a stage which represented a guardroom for Christian prisoners, and presently they went there and watched Nicotera, one of many hopeful Valentinos, strut and pose before a dozen female “captives,” their eyes melancholy and startling with mascara.

2. (dated) Synonym of gigolo, a handsome man funded by an older woman.

Further reading

• “valentino n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present.

Anagrams

• anti-novel, antinovel

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.lenˈti.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: Va‧len‧tì‧no

Proper noun

Valentino m

1. a male given name, feminine equivalent Valentina, equivalent to English Valentine

Proper noun

Valentino m or f by sense

1. a surname, equivalent to English Valentine

Related terms

• Valentina
• Valentini

Descendants

• English: Valentino

Anagrams

• involante, levantino, ventilano

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [wa.ɫɛnˈtiː.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [va.lenˈtiː.no]

Adjective

Valentīnō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of Valentīnus

Proper noun

Valentīnō

1. dative/ablative singular of Valentīnus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.lẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.lẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/
  • (Gaúcho) IPA^(key): /va.lẽˈt͡ʃi.no/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐ.lẽˈti.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐ.lẽˈti.nu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.lẽˈti.nu/

• Hyphenation: Va‧len‧ti‧no

Proper noun

Valentino m (plural Valentinos, feminine Valentina, feminine plural Valentinas)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Valentine