Romeo

See also: romeo, Roméo, and Rómeó

Translingual

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈroːmiˑo]

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

Arabic: رُومْيُو‎ m (rūmyū)
Catalan: Romeu (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 羅密歐, 罗密欧 (lo⁴ mat⁶ au¹)

Mandarin: 羅密歐 (zh), 罗密欧 (zh) (Luōmì'ōu)
Dutch: Romeo (nl) m
Finnish: Romeo
French: Roméo (fr) m
German: Romeo m
Greek: Ρωμαίος (el) m (Romaíos)
Hebrew: רוֹמֵאוֹ‎ m (Roméo)

Hindi: रोमियो m (rōmiyō)
Italian: Romeo (it) m
Japanese: ロミオ (Romio), ロメオ (Romeo)
Korean: 로미오 (Romio)
Latin: Romaeus m
Norwegian: Romeo m
Polish: Romeo (pl) m
Portuguese: Romeu m
Russian: Роме́о (ru) m (Romɛ́o)
Spanish: Romeo (es) m
Turkish: Romeo

letter R in the ICAO spelling alphabet

Estonian: Raivo
Finnish: Risto (fi)

Italian: Roma (it)

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.

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

Italian: romeo (it) m, casanova m, dongiovanni (it) m

Polish: romeo (pl) m, casanova (pl) m, donżuan (pl), żigolak (pl) m

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

See also

Anagrams

Moore, Mooré, mooer, roome

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos, “Roman”); compare Modern Greek Ρωμαίος (Romaíos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /roˈmɛ.o/
Rhymes: -ɛo

Proper noun

Romeo m

A male given name.

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