Romeo and Juliet

English + thumb|180px|The first edition of Romeo and Juliet. Alternative forms en Romeo & Juliet Etymology From a tragedy, written by Shakespeare, about two young lovers named Romeo and Juliet whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. Proper noun A pair of lovers, particularly if they are young, visibly enamored, and come from families or groups that are on opposing sides of a dispute. en 1996 Katherine Stone Rainbows 73 Unlike cynical you, however, I do believe a Romeo and Juliet love is possible. en 2008 Judith Viorst Grown-Up Marriage: What We Know, Wish We Had Known, and Still Need to Know 6 We all married—well, most of us married—for love, for some version of Sinatra and Casablanca love, for a love that would light up our lives and cast out fear, for a Romeo and Juliet love (except with a better ending), for a love that the poet John Donne once wrote "makes one little room an everywhere." Derived terms en Romeo and Juliet clause Romeo and Juliet couple Romeo and Juliet-esque Romeo and Juliet law Translations the tragedy Arabic: ar رُومْيُو وَجُولِيِيت rūmyū wa-jūliyit Armenian: hy Ռոմեո և Ջուլիետ Azerbaijani: az Romeo və Cülyetta Bulgarian: bg Роме́о и Жулие́та Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 羅密歐與朱麗葉 Luómì'ōu yǔ Zhūlìyè Finnish: fi Romeo ja Julia French: fr Roméo et Juliette German: de Romeo und Julia Greek: el Ρωμαίος και Ιουλιέτα Icelandic: is Rómeó og Júlía Italian: it Romeo e Giulietta Japanese: ja ロミオとジュリエット Romio to Jurietto Macedonian: mk Ромео и Јулија Norwegian: no Romeo og Julie Portuguese: pt Romeu e Julieta Romanian: ro Romeo și Julieta Russian: ru Роме́о и Джулье́тта Romɛ́o i Džulʹjétta Scots: sco Romeo an Juliet Serbo-Croatian: sh Romeo i Julija, sh Ромео и Јулија Spanish: es Romeo y Julieta Turkish: tr Romeo ve Juliet, tr Romeo ve Jülyet Ukrainian: uk Роме́о і Джульє́тта Vietnamese: vi Romeo và Juliet en coordinated pairs eponyms en Artistic works British fiction Fictional characters Love People William Shakespeare