Mario

See also: mario, Mário, marìo, and Mârio

English

Etymology

From Italian and Spanish Mario, both of which coming from Latin Marius.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɹiəʊ/, /ˈmɑːɹiəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹioʊ/, /ˈmæɹioʊ/
  • (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɹioʊ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐːɹiəʉ/, /ˈmæɹiəʉ/

Proper noun

Mario (plural Marios)

1. A male given name from Italian or Spanish.

Derived terms

• Mario Andretti
• Marioesque
• Mariolike

 

Translations

the given name

• Albanian: Marjan
• Amharic: ማሪኦ (mariʾo)
• Arabic: ماريو m
• Armenian: Մարիո (Mario)
• Bulgarian: Марио (Mario)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬里奧／马里奥 (Mǎlǐ'ào)

  Wu: 马里奥

• Esperanto: Mario
• Galician: Mario (gl) m
• German: Mario (de)
• Hebrew: מריו m
• Italian: Mario (it)
• Japanese: マリオ (Mario)
• Korean: 마리오 (Mario)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ماریۆ (maryo)

• Macedonian: Марио (Mario)
• Neapolitan: Mario
• Persian: ماریو
• Polish: Mariusz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Mário (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਮਾਰੀਓ (mārīo)
• Russian: Ма́рио (ru) (Mário)
• Slovene: Mario
• Spanish: Mario (es) m
• Swedish: Mario (sv)
• Tigrinya: ማርዮ m (maryo)
• Urdu: ماریو (māryo)
• Waray-Waray: Mario
• Yiddish: מאַריִאָ (mario)

Noun

Mario (plural Marios)

1. (automotive, motor racing, figurative) Ellipsis of Mario Andretti (“one who drives fast or recklessly”).

Anagrams

• Maori, Moira, Moria, Māori, Omari, morai, moria

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Mario.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.ri.oː/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Ma‧rio

Proper noun

Mario m

1. a male given name from Latin, Mario

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maˈrio]
• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: Ma‧ri‧o

Proper noun

Mario (accusative Marion)

1. a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Mary
2. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Mario

Derived terms

• Marilando (“Maryland”)

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Mario.

Proper noun

Mario

1. a male given name from Italian

Related terms

• Maarjo
• Mairo

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian and Spanish.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Mario

1. a male given name from Italian or Spanish

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Marius. By folk etymology seen as a masculine form of Maria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.rjo/
• Rhymes: -arjo
• Hyphenation: Mà‧rio

Proper noun

Mario m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Marius

Anagrams

• amori, aromi, maori, moria, omari, ormai, riamo, riamò

Japanese

Romanization

Mario

1. Rōmaji transcription of マリオ

Latin

Proper noun

Mariō

1. dative/ablative singular of Marius

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Marija.

Proper noun

Mȃrio m (Cyrillic spelling Ма̑рио)

1. a male given name

Declension

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Marius. By folk etymology seen as a masculine form of Maria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾjo/ [ˈma.ɾjo]
• Rhymes: -aɾjo
• Syllabification: Ma‧rio

Proper noun

Mario m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Marius

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Mario.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾjo/, [ˈmaɾ.jo]
• Rhymes: -aɾjo
• Syllabification: Mar‧io

Proper noun

Mario (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇᜒᜂ)

1. a male given name from Spanish