Jerónimo

See also: Jeronimo and Jerônimo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Jerônimo (Brazil)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Jeronimo, from Latin Hierōnymus, from Ancient Greek Ἱερώνυμος (Hierṓnumos).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨˈɾɔ.ni.mu/

• Hyphenation: Je‧ró‧ni‧mo

Proper noun

Jerónimo m (plural Jerónimos) (European spelling)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hieronymus, Jerome

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Geronymo (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Latin Hierōnymus, from Ancient Greek Ῑ̔ερώνυμος (Hīerṓnumos), from ἱερός (hierós, “sacred”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xeˈɾonimo/ [xeˈɾo.ni.mo]
• Rhymes: -onimo
• Syllabification: Je‧ró‧ni‧mo

Proper noun

Jerónimo m

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Jerome

Related terms

• jeronimiano
• jerónimo