Casanova

See also: casanova and Casa Nova

English

Etymology 1

Eponym from Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798), Venetian writer and adventurer.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkæsəˈnəʊvə/, /ˌkæzəˈnəʊvə/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌkæsəˈnoʊvə/, /ˌkæzəˈnoʊvə/
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Rhymes: -əʊvə

Noun

Casanova (plural Casanovas)

A man considered romantic and gallant, especially one who gives amorous attentions to women.
A promiscuous, philandering man.

Synonyms

(promiscuous man): philanderer
See also Thesaurus:libertine

Translations

man considered romantic and gallant

Chinese:
Mandarin: 紳士 (zh), 绅士 (zh) (shēnshì)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Faroese: hjartaknúsari m
Finnish: hurmuri (fi)
French: casanova (fr) m

German: Herzensbrecher (de) m, Frauenschwarm m
Malay: kasanova
Polish: casanova (pl)
Portuguese: casanova m
Spanish: casanova m, papi chulo m, galán m
Swedish: tjejtjusare (sv)

promiscuous, philandering man

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: դոնժուան (hy) (donžuan), կնամոլ (hy) (knamol)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 花花公子 (zh) (huāhuā gōngzǐ)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: casanova (nl) m
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: auervaara (fi)
French: don Juan (fr) m or m pl or f or f pl
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Casanova (de) m, Frauenheld (de) m, Weiberheld (de) m, Frauenverführer m

Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Polish: casanova (pl) m
Portuguese: casanova m
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: казано́ва m (kazanóva)
Spanish: golfo (es) m, puto (es) m, mujeriego (es) m
Swedish: manshora (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2

From Spanish, Italian or Catalan

Proper noun

Casanova (plural Casanovas)

A surname.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Casanova is the 3851^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9201 individuals. Casanova is most common among Hispanic/Latino (73.66%) and White (21.55%) individuals.

Catalan

Etymology

casa +‎ nova

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /kə.zəˈno.və/

(Central) IPA^(key): /kə.zəˈno.bə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ka.zaˈno.va/

Proper noun

Casanova ?

A surname.

Cebuano

Proper noun

Casanova

a surname

Galician

Etymology

From casa (“house”) + nova (“new”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌkasaˈnɔβa̝/

Proper noun

Casanova

A large number of hamlets and villages throughout Galicia
A toponymical surname.

Related terms

casa

References

“Casanova” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
“Casanova” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
“Casanova” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.

Spanish

Etymology

From either Catalan or Galician, a surname common on both these linguistic areas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kasaˈnoba/, [kasaˈnoβa]

Proper noun

Casanova ?

A surname.

Statistics

According to official data by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística in 2016, Casanova occurs in Spain as a first surname by 14,774 individuals, and as a second surname by 14,805 individuals. It is prevalent in Valencia, Barcelona, Tarragona, Madrid, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Alicante, Zaragoza, and Castellón.

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish, ultimately from Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kasaˈnoba/

Proper noun

Casanova

A surname.

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Casanova is the 1,328^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 7,733 individuals.

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