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Juliet en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌd͡ʒuliˈɛt/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈd͡ʒuliət/ (US)
  • /ˈd͡ʒuːlɪɛt/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Giulietta, diminutive of Giulia, from Latin Iūlia, feminine of Iūlius, a Roman family name. Cognate with French Juliette.

Meanings

  1. A female given name from Latin.
    • "All I ask," she says, fitting the cigarette into a holder, "is that you don't call me Juli-et. I cannot abide Juli-et. It maddens me!" "Yes, ma'am." "Here, we say Joolyut. Joolyut. Joolyut. Say it for me." 1977, Timothy Findley, The Wars, Delacorte Press/S. Lawrence, →ISBN, page 110:
  2. One of the title characters of Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.
    • For never was a story of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo. c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
  3. A woman who is or is with a great lover.
  4. By analogy with the Shakespeare character, a woman who is in love with a man from a family, party, or country opposing that of her own.
  5. The sixth moon of the planet Uranus.

Deriveds

Juliet sleeve · Julietesque · Jane Juliet · Suliet · Juliet cap

Relateds

Montague · Juliett · Capulet · Romeo

Translations (44)

ko 줄리엣 (character in Romeo and Juliet) · ca Julieta (character in Romeo and Juliet) · hu Júlia (character in Romeo and Juliet) · he יוּלְיָה (character in Romeo and Juliet) · mk Јулија (character in Romeo and Juliet) · hu Júlia (female given name) · pl Julia (character in Romeo and Juliet) · nl Julia (character in Romeo and Juliet) · gl Xulieta (female given name) · fr Juliette (character in Romeo and Juliet) · mr जुलिएट (character in Romeo and Juliet) · fi Julia (character in Romeo and Juliet) · tr Jülyet (character in Romeo and Juliet) · gl Xulieta (moon of Uranus) · el Ιουλιέτα (character in Romeo and Juliet) · cmn 朱麗葉 /朱丽叶 (female given name) · pt Julieta (female given name) · da Julie (character in Romeo and Juliet) · it Giulietta (character in Romeo and Juliet) · ru Джулье́тта (character in Romeo and Juliet) · mr जुलिएट (female given name) · pl Julia (moon of Uranus) · mr जुलिएट (moon of Uranus) · ar جُولْيِيت (character in Romeo and Juliet) · es Julieta (character in Romeo and Juliet) · hi जूलियट (character in Romeo and Juliet) · fr Juliette (female given name) · ar جُولْيِت (character in Romeo and Juliet) · gl Xulieta (character in Romeo and Juliet) · is Júlía (female given name) · cmn 朱麗葉 /朱丽叶 (character in Romeo and Juliet) · it Giulietta (female given name) · no Julie (character in Romeo and Juliet) · ar جُولْيِيت (female given name) · pt Julieta (character in Romeo and Juliet) · ar جُولْيِت (female given name) · es Julieta (female given name) · ja ジュリエット (character in Romeo and Juliet) · de Julia (character in Romeo and Juliet) · yue 朱麗葉 /朱丽叶 (character in Romeo and Juliet) · ja ジュリエット (moon of Uranus) · pl Julita (female given name) · sv Julia (character in Romeo and Juliet) · tr Juliet (character in Romeo and Juliet)

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