Juliet
/ˈd͡ʒuːlɪɛt/US/ˌd͡ʒuliˈɛt/
Juliet proper noun: a female given name from Latin.

Proper noun
Juliet
- 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
- 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...
- A woman who is or is with a great lover.
- 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.
- 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
More languagesFewer languages
- 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
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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