Romeo

See also: romeo, Roméo, and Rómeó

Translingual

Romeo [1]
Romeo [2]
Romeo [3]

Alternative forms

• romeo

Etymology

From English Romeo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈromio]

Noun

Romeo

1. (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the letter R.
2. (nautical) Signal flag for the letter R.
3. (time zone) UTC−05:00

ICAO/NATO radiotelephonic clear codes for letters

code	Alfa	Bravo	Charlie	Delta	Echo	Foxtrot	Golf	Hotel	India	Juliett	Kilo	Lima	Mike
	November	Oscar	Papa	Quebec	Romeo	Sierra	Tango	Uniform	Victor	Whiskey	Xray	Yankee	Zulu

Translations

the letter "R" in a national spelling alphabet

• Czech: Rudolf (cs)
• English: Roger
• Estonian: Raivo
• Finnish: Risto (fi)
• Italian: Roma (it)
• Swedish: Rudolf (sv)

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɹoʊmioʊ/

• Audio (CA)

  (file)

Proper noun

Romeo

1. A male given name from the Romance languages.
2. (fiction) One of the main characters of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare: the ardent lover of Juliet.

Translations

character in Romeo and Juliet

• Arabic: رُومْيُو m (rūmyū)
• Armenian: Ռոմեո (Ṙomeo)
• Catalan: Romeu (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 羅密歐／罗密欧 (lo⁴ mat⁶ au¹)

  Mandarin: 羅密歐／罗密欧 (zh) (Luōmì'ōu)

• Dutch: Romeo (nl) m
• Finnish: Romeo
• French: Roméo (fr) m
• German: Romeo m
• Greek: Ρωμαίος (el) m (Romaíos)
• Hebrew: רוֹמֵאוֹ (he) m (Roméo)
• Hindi: रोमियो m (romiyo)
• Italian: Romeo (it) m
• Japanese: ロミオ (Romio), ロメオ (Romeo)
• Korean: 로미오 (Romio)
• Latin: Romaeus m
• Macedonian: Ромео m (Romeo)
• Norwegian: Romeo m
• Occitan: Romèo
• Polish: Romeo (pl) m
• Portuguese: Romeu m
• Russian: Роме́о (ru) m (Romɛ́o)
• Spanish: Romeo (es) m
• Swedish: Romeo (sv) c
• Turkish: Romeo

Noun

Romeo (plural Romeos)

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.
   • 1974, Black Belt, volume 12, number 4, page 11:

     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.

   • 1979, Roger Hodgson (lyrics and music), “Take the Long Way Home”, in Breakfast in America, performed by Supertramp:

     So you think you're a Romeo / You're playing a part in a picture-show / Well, take the long way home

3. (espionage) A spy specialised in seducing persons of interest, in particular a man targeting women.
4. (derogatory) A womanizer.

Synonyms

• (boyfriend): beau, boyfriend, man friend
• (man who is a great lover): lover boy (informal)

Derived terms

• roadside Romeo
• Romeo and Juliet couple

Translations

boyfriend — see boyfriend

man who is a great lover

• Italian: romeo (it) m, casanova (it) m, dongiovanni (it) m
• Polish: romeo (pl) m, casanova (pl) m, donżuan (pl), żigolak (pl) m

See also

• Juliet
• ladykiller
• lothario, Lothario
• Montague

Anagrams

• Moore, Mooré, Roome, mooer, roome

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos, “Roman”); compare Greek Ρωμαίος (Romaíos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈmɛ.o/
• Rhymes: -ɛo
• Hyphenation: Ro‧mè‧o

Proper noun

Romeo m

1. a male given name

Anagrams

• Omero, omero, omore

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈromeo/
• Rhymes: -omeo

Proper noun

Romeo

1. a male given name

Inflection

Even o-stem, no gradation
Nominative	Romeo
Genitive	Romeo
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Romeo	Romeot
Accusative	Romeo	Romeuid
Genitive	Romeo	Romeuid
Illative	Romeui	Romeuide
Locative	Romeos	Romeuin
Comitative	Romeuin	Romeuiguin
Essive	Romeon
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person Romeon Romeome Romeomet 2nd person Romeot Romeode Romeodet 3rd person Romeos Romeoska Romeoset

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Romeo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɔˈmɛ.ɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛɔ
• Syllabification: Ro‧me‧o
• Homophone: romeo

Proper noun

Romeo m pers

1. (countable, rare) a male given name from Italian [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Romeo
2. (uncountable) Romeo (one of the main characters of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare: the ardent lover of Juliet)

Declension

Declension of Romeo

	singular	plural
nominative	Romeo	Romeowie
genitive	Romea	Romeów
dative	Romeowi	Romeom
accusative	Romea	Romeów
instrumental	Romeem	Romeami
locative	Romeo	Romeach
vocative	Romeo	Romeowie

Derived terms

nouns

• romeo

 

Further reading

• Romeo in Polish dictionaries at PWN