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Romeo en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Canada) audio
  • /ˈɹoʊmioʊ/ (Canada)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Romeo, from Ancient Greek Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos, “Roman”).

Meanings

  1. (colloquial) A boyfriend.
    • Have you met her latest Romeo yet?
  2. A man who has a reputation for being a great lover or very romantic.
    • 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. 1974, Black Belt, volume 12, number 4, page 11:
    • So you think you're a Romeo / You're playing a part in a picture-show / Well, take the long way home 1979, Roger Hodgson, “Take the Long Way Home”, in Breakfast in America, performed by Supertramp:
  3. A spy specialised in seducing persons of interest, in particular a man targeting women.
  4. (derogatory) A womanizer.

Forms

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Romeos Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Romeo and Juliet couple · roadside Romeo · Romeo pimp

Relateds

Montague · Lothario · ladykiller · Juliet · lothario

Synonyms

beau (boyfriend) · man friend (boyfriend) · lover boy (man who is a great lover) · boyfriend (boyfriend)

Translations (10)

pl żigolak (man who is a great lover) · it casanova (man who is a great lover) · ar قَيْس (man who is a great lover) · pl romeo (man who is a great lover) · it dongiovanni (man who is a great lover) · pl casanova (man who is a great lover) · it romeo (man who is a great lover) · ur مجنون (man who is a great lover) · ar عَنْتَر (man who is a great lover) · pl donżuan (man who is a great lover)

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Romeo en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • (Canada) audio
  • /ˈɹoʊmioʊ/ (Canada)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Romeo, from Ancient Greek Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos, “Roman”).

Meanings

  1. A male given name from the Romance languages.
  2. One of the main characters of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare: the ardent lover of Juliet.
  3. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Conejos County, Colorado.
  4. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Marion County, Florida.
  5. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in Macomb County, Michigan.
  6. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Greene County, Tennessee.

Deriveds

Romeoesque

Translations (26)

sv Romeo (character in Romeo and Juliet) · tr Romeo (character in Romeo and Juliet) · ja ロミオ (character in Romeo and Juliet) · pl Romeo (character in Romeo and Juliet) · ja ロメオ (character in Romeo and Juliet) · oc Romèo (character in Romeo and Juliet) · fr Roméo (character in Romeo and Juliet) · ar رُومْيُو (character in Romeo and Juliet) · hi रोमियो (character in Romeo and Juliet) · fi Romeo (character in Romeo and Juliet) · el Ρωμαίος (character in Romeo and Juliet) · ko 로미오 (character in Romeo and Juliet) · de Romeo (character in Romeo and Juliet) · ru Роме́о (character in Romeo and Juliet) · yue 羅密歐 /罗密欧 (character in Romeo and Juliet) · la Romaeus (character in Romeo and Juliet) · cmn 羅密歐 /罗密欧 (character in Romeo and Juliet) · nl Romeo (character in Romeo and Juliet) · no Romeo (character in Romeo and Juliet) · pt Romeu (character in Romeo and Juliet) · mk Ромео (character in Romeo and Juliet) · it Romeo (character in Romeo and Juliet) · hy Ռոմեո (character in Romeo and Juliet) · ca Romeu (character in Romeo and Juliet) · es Romeo (character in Romeo and Juliet) · he רוֹמֵאוֹ (character in Romeo and Juliet)

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