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Romeo¹

  • /ˈɹoʊmioʊ/ Canada

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

  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 town in Conejos County, Colorado.
  4. An unincorporated community in Marion County, Florida.
  5. A village in Macomb County, Michigan.
  6. An unincorporated community in Greene County, Tennessee.

noun Romeos

  1. colloquial A boyfriend. Have you met her latest Romeo yet?

    Similar: beau, boyfriend, man friend

  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.

    Similar: lover boy

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

romeo²

noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Romeo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: juliet, alfa, lover, dater, beau, boyfriend, sweetheart, suitor, admirer, paramour, charmer, heartthrob, don juan, casanova, lothario, lady-killer

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name character in Romeo and Juliet

EspañolRomeo
한국어로미오 Romio
日本語ロミオ Romio, ロメオ
中文羅密歐 /罗密欧 Luōmì'ōu
हिन्दीरोमियो romiyo
PortuguêsRomeu
FrançaisRoméo
DeutschRomeo
ItalianoRomeo
ΕλληνικάΡωμαίος Romaíos
РусскийРоме́о Romɛ́o
العربيةرُومْيُو rūmyū
עבריתרוֹמֵאוֹ Roméo

noun man who is a great lover

Italianoromeo, casanova, dongiovanni
العربيةعَنْتَر ʕantar, قَيْس qays

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@misc{romeo_2026,
  title = {romeo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/romeo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}