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Romeo
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romeo Roméo Rómeó
Translingual
frameless|upright=0.5 Romeo [1] frameless Romeo [2] frameless Romeo [3]
Alternative forms
mul romeo ROMEO
Etymology
mul en Romeo.
Pronunciation
mul [ˈromio] DIN 5009:2022-06 Anhang B: Buchstabiertafel der ICAO („Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet“) Deutsches Institut für Normung June 2022
Noun
mul noun
mul Q9852 1 1 R
mul nautical Signal flag for the letter R.
mul time zone UTC−05:00
Translations
the letter "R" in a national spelling alphabet
Bulgarian: bg Ромео
Czech: cs Rudolf
English: en Roger
Estonian: et Raivo
Finnish: fi Risto
Italian: it Roma
Swedish: sv Rudolf
Turkish: tr Rize
References
English
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thumb|200px|An artist's impression of Romeo.
Etymology
en it Romeo, from en grc Ῥωμαῖος Roman.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɹoʊmioʊ/ Canada
en En-ca-Romeo.oga CA
Proper noun
en male Romance languages.
en fiction One of the main characters of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare: the ardent lover of Juliet.
en number of places c/USA:
en town co/Conejos County s/Colorado.
en ucomm co/Marion County s/Florida.
en village co/Macomb County s/Michigan.
en ucomm co/Greene County s/Tennessee.
Derived terms
en Romeoesque
Translations
character in Romeo and Juliet
Arabic: ar رُومْيُو m
Armenian: hy Ռոմեո
Catalan: ca Romeu m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 羅密歐 lo4 mat6 au1
Mandarin: cmn 羅密歐 Luōmì'ōu
Dutch: nl Romeo m
Finnish: fi Romeo
French: fr Roméo m
German: de Romeo m
Greek: el Ρωμαίος m
Hebrew: he רוֹמֵאוֹ m Roméo
Hindi: hi रोमियो m
Italian: it Romeo m
Japanese: ja ロミオ Romio, ja ロメオ Romeo
Korean: ko ^로미오
Latin: la Romaeus m
Macedonian: mk Ромео m
Norwegian: no Romeo m
Occitan: oc Romèo
Polish: pl Romeo m
Portuguese: pt Romeu m
Russian: ru Роме́о m Romɛ́o
Spanish: es Romeo m
Swedish: sv Romeo c
Turkish: tr Romeo
Noun
en colloquial A boyfriend.
en Have you met her latest Romeo yet?
A man who has a reputation for being a great lover or very romantic.
en 1974 Black Belt 12 4 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.
en Take the Long Way Home (Supertramp song) Take the Long Way Home w:Roger Hodgson Supertramp 1979 Breakfast in America So you think you're a Romeo / You're playing a part in a picture-show / Well, take the long way home
en espionage A spy specialised in seducing persons of interest, in particular a man targeting women.
en pejorative A womanizer.
Synonyms
boyfriend beau, boyfriend, man friend
man who is a great lover lover boy informal
Derived terms
en roadside Romeo
en Romeo and Juliet couple
en Romeo Jihad
en Romeo pimp
Translations
boyfriend
man who is a great lover
Arabic: ar عَنْتَر m, ar قَيْس m
Italian: it romeo m, it casanova m, it dongiovanni m
Polish: pl romeo m, pl casanova m, pl donżuan, pl żigolak m
Urdu: ur مجنون
See also
en Juliet
en ladykiller
en lothario, en Lothario
en Montague
Anagrams
en emoor Moore Mooré Roome mooer roome
en endearing terms terms of address
en Fictional characters Male people William Shakespeare
Albanian
Etymology
sq it Romeo, from sq grc Ῥωμαῖος.
Proper noun
m
sq male Italian
Italian
it:+
Etymology
it :lbor grc:Ῥωμαῖος
it grc Ῥωμαῖος Roman; compare el Ρωμαίος.
Pronunciation
Romèo
Proper noun
m
it male
Descendants
sq Romeo 1
en Romeo 1
fr Roméo 1
gl Romeu 1
pt Romeu 1
pl Romeo 1
es Romeo 1
Anagrams
it emoor Omero omero omore
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
se omeo 3
Proper noun
se proper noun
se male
Inflection
Romeo
Polish
pl:+
Etymology
pl :bor it:Romeo + 1
Pronunciation
LL-Q809 (pol)-Poemat-Romeo.wav romeo
Proper noun
m-pr
pl countable rare pl male Italian < Ancient Greek Romeo
pl uncountable en Romeo one of the main characters of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare: the ardent lover of Juliet
Declension
<m.pr.given.depr:Romea>
Derived terms
pl nouns romeo
Further reading
pl Fictional characters William Shakespeare