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Juliet

/ˈd͡ʒuːlɪɛt/US/ˌd͡ʒuliˈɛt/

Juliet proper noun: a female given name from Latin.

juliet: a female given name from Latin
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Proper noun

Juliet

  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."1977, Timothy Findley, The Wars, Delacorte Press/S. Lawrence, →ISBN, page 110
  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.c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  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.

Juliet meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Gujarati

Juliet in Hindi

character in Romeo and Juliet
जूलियट jūliyaṭ

Juliet in Marathi

female given name
जुलिएट julieṭ
character in Romeo and Juliet
जुलिएट julieṭ
moon of Uranus
जुलिएट julieṭ

Juliet in Urdu

Juliet
لیلی lailā

Juliet in Gujarati

Juliet
લયલા laylā
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Juliet in Arabic
جُولْيِيت jūlyēt, جُولْيِت jūlyit

Origin of Juliet

Borrowed from Italian Giulietta, diminutive of Giulia, from Latin Iūlia, feminine of Iūlius, a Roman family name. Cognate with French Juliette.

Words formed from Juliet

Phrases with Juliet

Questions about Juliet

What does Juliet mean?
Juliet means a female given name from Latin.
What is Juliet in Hindi?
Juliet in Hindi is जूलियट (jūliyaṭ). See Juliet meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Juliet?
Juliet is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Juliet?
Juliet is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒuːlɪɛt/ (UK).

Words near Juliet in the dictionary

  1. julienne fries
  2. julienned
  3. juliennes
  4. julienning
  5. Julies
  6. Juliet
  7. Juliet balconies
  8. Juliet balcony
  9. Juliet cap
  10. Juliet caps
  11. Juliet sleeve

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Juliet (page history and authors); لیلی (Urdu) (page history and authors); લયલા (Gujarati) (page history and authors). 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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