# Romeo
## Translingual

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

### Alternative forms

* romeo, ROMEO

### Etymology

Borrowed from English Romeo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈromio]

### Noun

Romeo
* (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the letter R.
* (nautical) Signal flag for the letter R.
* (time zone) UTC−05:00
ICAO/NATO radiotelephonic clear codes :
| 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 |
| zero | one | two | three (tree) | four (fower) | five (fife) | six | seven | eight | nine (niner) | hundred | thousand | decimal |

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ DIN 5009:2022-06, Deutsches Institut für Normung, 2022 June, page Anhang B: Buchstabiertafel der ICAO („Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet“)

## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Canada) IPA: /ˈɹoʊmioʊ/
* Audio (Canada):(file)

### Proper noun

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

#### Translations
### Noun

Romeo (plural Romeos)
* (colloquial) A boyfriend.
    Have you met her latest Romeo yet?
* 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
* (espionage) A spy specialised in seducing persons of interest, in particular a man targeting women.
* (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
* Romeo pimp

#### Translations
### See also

* Juliet
* ladykiller
* lothario, Lothario
* Montague

### Anagrams

* Moore, Mooré, Roome, mooer, roome

## Albanian
### Proper noun

Romeo m
* a male given name

## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /roˈmɛ.o/
* Rhymes: -ɛo
* Hyphenation: Ro‧mè‧o

### Proper noun

Romeo m
* a male given name

### Anagrams

* Omero, omero, omore

## Northern Sami
### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈromeo/
* Rhymes: -omeo

### Proper noun

Romeo
* a male given name

#### Inflection
## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Romeo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rɔˈmɛ.ɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛɔ
* Syllabification: Ro‧me‧o
* Homophone: romeo

### Proper noun

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

#### Derived terms

* romeo

### Further reading

* Romeo in Polish dictionaries at PWN