jo
/d͡ʒəʊ/
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Scotland/d͡ʒoː/
jo noun: darling, sweetheart.
Noun (1)
jo (plural jos)
- Darling, sweetheart.
- On Old long syne my Jo,
on Old long syne,
That thou canst never once reflect,
on Old long syne.1711, traditional, published by James Watson, Old Long Syne - Keek into the draw-well, Janet, Janet;
There ye'll see your bonnie sel',
My jo, Janet.My Jo Janet (traditional Scottish song)
- On Old long syne my Jo,
Noun (2)
jo (plural jo)
- The staff used in the Japanese martial art of jodo or jojutsu.
Noun (3) capitalized: JO
JO (countable and uncountable, plural JOs)
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Jo
Jo
- A female given name.
- "Its name is Samantha Jo, after Josiah and me. You know they call girls Jo and Josie a sight lately; its name is agreeable to Josiah and me, very.1888, Marietta Holley, Josiah Allen's Wife as a P.A. and P.I.: Samantha at the Centennial, page 577
- Jo Rae Perkins was carrying about 50 percent of the vote in Oregon’s primary as of Wednesday afternoon, vanquishing three other Republican candidates to become the party’s nominee for the seat currently held by Senator Jeff Merkley, a Democrat.2020 May 20, Mike Baker, “G.O.P. Voters Back QAnon Conspiracy Promoter for U.S. Senate”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 21 May 2020
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Jo
Jo
- Alternative form of Joe.
- Name, Jo. Nothing else that he knows on. Don't know that everybody has two names. Never heerd of sich a think. Don't know that Jo is short for a longer name. Thinks it long enough for him. He don't find no fault with it. Spell it? No. He can't spell it.1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, “Chapter XI”, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC
jo meaning in Bengali
Examples of jo in a sentence
- José's got a car, hasn't he? Neither you nor I have.
- José, I don't think you've met my friend Maria.
- Jo says men who lovebomb tend to have low emotional intelligence and lack empathy.
Forms of jo
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | jos |
| alternative form | joe |
| plural | jo |
| plural | JOs |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Joe |
Origin of jo
From Scots jo (“joy”), from Middle English joye, from Old French joie, from Late Latin gaudia, neuter plural (mistaken as feminine singular) of Latin gaudium (“joy”), from gaudēre (“to be glad, rejoice”). Doublet of joy and gaudy (“Oxford college reunion”).
Borrowed from Japanese 杖.
Clipping or hypochoristic form of various female given names beginning with Jo..., primarily Joan, Joanna, etc. but also Josephine and Jolene. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna in reference to the first derivation.
Words formed from jo
Phrases with jo
Questions about jo
- What does jo mean?
- Jo means darling, sweetheart.
- What is jo in Bengali?
- Jo in Bengali is জও. See Jo meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is jo?
- Jo can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce jo?
- Jo is pronounced /d͡ʒoː/ (Scotland).
- What is the plural of jo?
- The plural of jo is jos.
Words near jo in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: jo (page history and authors); JO (page history and authors); Jo (page history and authors); jo (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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