Casanova

See also: casanova, casanovą, Casanovą, 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)

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

   Synonyms: philanderer; see also Thesaurus:promiscuous man, Thesaurus:libertine

Translations

man considered romantic and gallant

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紳士／绅士 (zh) (shēnshì)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Faroese: hjartaknúsari m
• Finnish: auervaara (fi), casanova, hurmuri (fi)
• French: casanova (fr) m
• German: Herzensbrecher (de) m, Frauenschwarm (de) m
• Malay: kasanova
• Polish: casanova (pl) m, Don Juan m, donżuan (pl) m
• Portuguese: casanova m
• Spanish: casanova m, papi chulo m, galán (es) m
• Swedish: tjejtjusare (sv), casanova (sv) c, donjuan (sv) c, kvinnotjusare (sv) c

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: カサノバ (kasanoba)
• Korean: 카사노바 (kasanoba)
• Polish: casanova (pl) m, Don Juan m, donżuan (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 Romance Casanova (Spanish Casanova, Italian Casanova, Catalan Casanova). From casa (house) + nova (new). Literally, “new house”.

Proper noun

Casanova (plural Casanovas)

1. A surname from the Romance languages, equivalent to English Newhouse.

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

From casa +‎ nova.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kə.zəˈnɔ.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kə.zəˈnɔ.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ka.zaˈnɔ.va]

Proper noun

Casanova m or f by sense

1. a surname

Cebuano

Proper noun

Casanova

1. a surname

Galician

Etymology

From casa (“house”) + nova (“new”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkasaˈnɔba/ [ˌkɑ.s̺aˈnɔ.β̞ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɔba
• Hyphenation: Ca‧sa‧no‧va

Proper noun

Casanova

1. a large number of hamlets and villages throughout Galicia
2. 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.
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Casanova”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kasaˈnoba/ [ka.saˈno.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -oba
• Syllabification: Ca‧sa‧no‧va

Proper noun

Casanova m or f by sense

1. a surname from Catalan or Galician

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

Borrowed from Spanish.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kasaˈnova/ [kɐ.sɐˈn̪oː.vɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /kasaˈnoba/ [kɐ.sɐˈn̪oː.bɐ]
• Rhymes: -ova, (more native-sounding) -oba
• Syllabification: Ca‧sa‧no‧va

Proper noun

Casanova (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜐᜈᜓᜊ)

1. a surname from Spanish [in turn from Catalan]

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.