Valentino
EigennameSubstantivin Dialogen belegt
- //ˌvælənˈtiːnoʊ//
A surname from Italian
Eigenname
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A surname from Italian
Herkunft
From Italian Valentino, from Latin Valentīnus (“Valentine”), a patronymic from Valēns (Roman cognomen), itself nominalized from vālens (“strong, healthy”) + -īnus (“-ine”). As a noun, named after Italian-American actor Rudolph Valentino (1895–1926). Doublet of Valentine, Valentinus, Valentina, and Valentini.
Substantiv
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veraltendA strikingly handsome man, particularly one similar in appearance to Rudolph Valentino.
He was a real Valentino.
She was working on a stage which represented a guardroom for Christian prisoners, and presently they went there and watched Nicotera, one of many hopeful Valentinos, strut and pose before a dozen female “captives,” their eyes melancholy and startling with mascara.
- 2
veraltendSynonym of gigolo, a handsome man funded by an older woman.
Formen
- Plural
- Valentinos, Valentinoes