Joe

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Joe

Etymology

Short form (diminutive form) of various names beginning with Jo..., particularly the male names Joseph and, less often, Joel, Josiah and Josias. The spelling Jo is used more often for diminutives of similar female names.

Pronunciation

enPR: jō
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəʊ/
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- (General American) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒoʊ/
Homophones: Jo, joe, Zhou
Rhymes: -əʊ

Proper noun

Joe

A diminutive of the male given names Joseph, Josiah, Joel, or Josias.
- 1981 Orson Scott Card, Second Movement, Nebula Winners: Science Fiction Writers of America, Harper&Row, 1981, →ISBN, page 207
  "With a name like Joe," Joe always said, "I had to open a bar and grill, just so I could put up a sign saying 'Joe's Bar and Grill'."
- 2020 April 8, Chris Cillizza, “Why Joe Biden starts as the general election front-runner”, in CNN‎:
  With Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ decision to end his campaign on Wednesday, it’s now official: Former Vice President Joe Biden will be the Democratic presidential nominee this fall.
(rare) Alternative form of Jo: a diminutive of various female given names.

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pet form of Joseph

Arabic: جُو m (jū)
Armenian: Ջո (J̌o)
Belarusian: Джо m (Džo)
Bengali: জো (bn) (jō)
Bulgarian: Джо m (Džo)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 祖 (zou²)

Mandarin: 喬 / 乔 (zh) (Qiáo)
Czech: Pepík (cs)
Georgian: ჯო (ǯo)
Greek: Τζο (el) m (Tzo)
Hebrew: יוסי (he) m (yósi), ג׳ו m (jo)
Hindi: जो (hi) m (jo)
Hungarian: Jóska (hu)
Italian: Pino m, Peppe m, Beppe m, Peppino m
Japanese: ジョー (ja) (Jō)
Korean: 조 (ko) (Jo)
Kyrgyz: Жо (Jo)
Latvian: Džo m
Macedonian: Џо m (Džo)
Persian: جو (fa) (jo)
Polish: Józio (pl) m
Portuguese: Zé (pt) m or f
Russian: Джо (ru) m (Džo) (of the English Joseph), Ёся m (Jósja), Ио́ся m (Iósja), О́ся (ru) m (Ósja)
Scottish Gaelic: Eòs
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Џо m
Slovak: Jožo
Spanish: Che m, Pepe (es) m, Pepito m
Tajik: Ҷо (Jo)
Ukrainian: Джо m (Džo)
Vietnamese: Giâu

Noun

Joe (plural Joes)

(informal) A male; a guy; a fellow.
I'm just an ordinary Joe.
(archaic, slang) Synonym of Joe Miller (“an old joke”).
- 1848, James Robinson Planché, The Golden Branch, page 22:
  O what "a Joe," — what an "old Joe!" — / A very "old Joe!" — / Old Joe Miller made the joke before, / But nothing tells better that ^[sic] a good old Joe!

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stereotypical male given name

Arabic: مُحَمَّد (ar) (muḥammad)
Finnish: Tauno (fi)
Japanese: 太郎 (ja) (Tarō)
Portuguese: Zé (pt) m
Russian: Ива́н (ru) m (Iván), Ва́ня (ru) m (Vánja), Ва́нька (ru) m (Vánʹka)
Spanish: Juan (es) m
Tagalog: Juan (tl)

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