Jerónimo
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese Jeronimo, from Latin Hierōnymus, from Ancient Greek Ἱερώνυμος (Hierṓnumos).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒɨˈɾɔ.ni.mu/
- Hyphenation: Je‧ró‧ni‧mo
Proper noun
Jerónimo m (plural Jerónimos) (European Portuguese spelling)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Hieronymus or Jerome
Spanish
Alternative forms
- Geronymo (archaic)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Latin Hierōnymus, from Ancient Greek Ῑ̔ερώνυμος (Hīerṓnumos), from ἱερός (hierós, “sacred”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xeˈɾonimo/ [xeˈɾo.ni.mo]
- Rhymes: -onimo
- Syllabification: Je‧ró‧ni‧mo
Proper noun
Jerónimo m
- a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Jerome
Related terms
- jeronimiano
- jerónimo