Juliet
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈd͡ʒuːlɪɛt//
- United States//ˌd͡ʒuliˈɛt//
- United States//ˈd͡ʒuliət//
A female given name from Latin.
proper noun
- 1
A female given name from Latin.
"All I ask," she says, fitting the cigarette into a holder, "is that you don't call me Juli-et. I cannot abide Juli-et. It maddens me!" "Yes, ma'am." "Here, we say Joolyut. Joolyut. Joolyut. Say it for me."
- 2
One of the title characters of Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.
For never was a story of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.
- 3
A woman who is or is with a great lover.
- 4
By analogy with the Shakespeare character, a woman who is in love with a man from a family, party, or country opposing that of her own.
- 5
The sixth moon of the planet Uranus.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian Giulietta, diminutive of Giulia, from Latin Iūlia, feminine of Iūlius, a Roman family name. Cognate with French Juliette.